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hand-me-down
(hand-me-down)
noun
(usually
hand-me-downs
)
a garment or other item that has been passed on from another person:
a party of refugee children, kitted out in their ill-fitting hand-me-downs
[
as modifier
]
:
hand-me-down furniture
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