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HAND-ME-DOWN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Outgrown garment passed down from one person to another
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("hand-me-down" is a kind of...):
garment (an article of clothing)
Derivation:
hand-me-down (passed on from one person to another)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Passed on from one person to another
Example:
not too proud to wear hand-me-down clothes
Synonyms:
hand-down; hand-me-down
Classified under:
Similar:
old (of long duration; not new)
Derivation:
hand-me-down (outgrown garment passed down from one person to another)
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