hand-me-down

Definitions of hand-me-down
  1. noun
    outgrown garment passed down from one person to another
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    type of:
    garment
    an article of clothing
  2. adjective
    passed on from one person to another
    “not too proud to wear hand-me-down clothes”
    synonyms: hand-down
    old
    of long duration; not new
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