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a hand-me-down a piece of clothing that used to belong to an older brother or sister and is now worn by a younger brother or sister. As a child I was always dressed in my sister's hand-me-downs and I longed for something new to wear. (usually plural) |
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Well-meaning parents who put nascent drivers into large sport-utility vehicles or luxurious hand-me-down sedans hand over horsepower to drivers unaccustomed to the perils of the road. The biggest beneficiaries of hand-me-down electronics were charities at 34 percent, friends at 28 percent and family members at 26 percent, according to the survey. Gay and lesbian people have mysteriously propagated for thousands of years without benefit of hand-me-down DNA. |
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