'hand-me-down' definitions:
Definition of 'hand-me-down'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Passed on from one person to another; "not too proud to wear hand-me-down clothes" [syn: hand-me-down, hand- down]
noun
Outgrown garment passed down from one person to another
Definition of 'hand-me-down'
From: GCIDE
- hand-me-down \hand-me-down\ adj.
- 1. obtained or used after prior use by another person.
- Note: the term hand-me-down is often used of clothing previously worn by older family members. The term may also be used metaphorically of ideas.
- Syn: hand-down, secondhand, used. [WordNet 1.5]
Definition of 'hand-me-down'
From: GCIDE
- hand-me-down \hand-me-down\ n. 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. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]