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hand-me-down
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Princeton's WordNet
hand-me-downadjective
outgrown garment passed down from one person to another
hand-me-down, hand-downadjective
passed on from one person to another
"not too proud to wear hand-me-down clothes"
GCIDE
hand-me-downnoun
An outgrown garment given to one person after use by another; -- usually transferred between members of a family or close friends; as, because she was the youngest of four girls, the clothes she wore were always hand-me-downs.
Wiktionary
hand-me-downnoun
An item that is passed along for someone else to use; especially, a piece of clothing or other item which has been outgrown by a older sibling and passed down to a younger one.
hand-me-downadjective
Used or second-hand, passed along by its prior user
Wikipedia
hand-me-down
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.
ChatGPT
hand-me-down
A hand-me-down is an item, often clothing or an object, that is given to someone after being used or owned by someone else, typically a family member or close acquaintance. It is often associated with things given to younger siblings or children by their older counterparts.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of hand-me-down in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of hand-me-down in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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