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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
hand-me-down
    adj 1: passed on from one person to another; "not too proud to
           wear hand-me-down clothes" [syn: hand-me-down, hand-
           down]
    n 1: outgrown garment passed down from one person to another
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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]
3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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]
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