What (who) is hand-me-down - definition
GOOD THAT IS BEING PURCHASED BY OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED TO A SECOND OR LATER END USER
Second-hand; Second-hand good; Hand-me-down; Hand me downs; Secondhand good; Secondhand; Hand me down; Used goods; Used Goods; Used Good; Second hand; Second hand goods; Preowned; Second-hand furniture; Jargol; Pre-owned; Second-hand goods; Hand-me-downs; Second Hand Clothes; Cash For Clothes; Second-hand clothes; Used product
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hand-me-down
(hand-me-downs)
1.
Hand-me-downs are things, especially clothes, which have been used by someone else before you and which have been given to you for your use.
Edward wore Andrew's hand-me-downs.
N-COUNT: usu pl
2.
Hand-me-down is used to describe things, especially clothes, which have been used by someone else before you and which have been given to you for your use.
Most of the boys wore hand-me-down military shirts from their fathers.
ADJ: ADJ n
hand-me-down
¦ noun a garment or other item that has been passed on from another person.
Hand Me Down
2020 STUDIO ALBUM BY KATE RUSBY
Second-hand; Second-hand good; Hand-me-down; Hand me downs; Secondhand good; Secondhand; Hand me down; Used goods; Used Goods; Used Good; Second hand; Second hand goods; Preowned; Second-hand furniture; Jargol; Pre-owned; Second-hand goods; Hand-me-downs; Second Hand Clothes; Cash For Clothes; Second-hand clothes; Used product
Hand Me Down is the seventeenth studio album by English contemporary folk musician Kate Rusby, released on 14 August 2020 on Pure Records. Her first album to consist entirely of cover versions, it entered the UK Albums Chart at number 12, making it the highest-charting album of her career.
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Used good
Used goods mean any item of personal property offered for sale not as new, including metals in any form except coins that are legal tender, but excluding books, magazines, and postage stamps.
Pronunciation examples for hand-me-down
1. and Danny's hand-me-down jeans are gone.
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2. bin of hand-me-down ideas and shopworn sensibilities,
Pep Talks for Writers _ Grant Faulkner _ Talks at Google
3. to relinquish the student hand me down desire
The Way of Wanderlust _ Don George _ Talks at Google
4. A perfect dressed in hand-me-down clothes
Recipes and Stories from the Masumoto Family Farm _ Marcy Masumoto _ Talks Google
5. hand-me-down insights that we've been bombarded with
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Examples of use of hand-me-down
1. DHS has a ramshackle, hand–me–down headquarters that looks like a budget motel.
2. Currently, Air Guard units are given the active duty‘s hand–me–down aircraft.
3. Tonight‘s vegetarian feast was cooked in a hand–me–down Crock–Pot.
4. He had carried a hand–me–down cellphone, still in the original owner‘s name.
5. His officers wore an assortment of hand–me–down combat boots and black vinyl shoes.