hand-me-down

Domain: Universal Words

Part of speech: noun

[usuallypl.] (especially AmE) = CAST-OFF: She hated having to wear her sister's hand-me-downs. hand-me-down adjective (especially AmE) = CAST-OFF: hand-me-down clothes

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This is a English–English dictionary entry.

Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.

This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.

Same word in other sources

hand-me-downEnglish›ChineseGetWord Corpus hand-me-downEnglish›ChineseMain Dictionary

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handicraft handily handiwork handkerchief handle handlebar handlebar moustache handler handling hand luggage handmade

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