Hand-me-down

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  hand-me-down
       adj : passed on from one person to another; "not too proud to wear
             hand-me-down clothes" [syn: {hand-down}]
       n : outgrown garment passed down from one person to another