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Synonyms for hand-me-down


Grammar : Adj
Spell : hand-mee-doun, han-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhænd miˌdaʊn, ˈhæn-



Définition of hand-me-down

Origin :
  • as a modifier, attested by 1826.
  • adj previously owned
Example sentences :
  • Not only his clothes, but also his haircuts were hand-me-down.
  • Extract from : « At Good Old Siwash » by George Fitch
  • It was, in all its sad irony, the vulgar "hand-me-down that!"
  • Extract from : « The Crime of the Boulevard » by Jules Claretie
  • He was of medium height, dressed fairly well in a hand-me-down, and sported a flaming red necktie.
  • Extract from : « Edith and John » by Franklin S. Farquhar
  • That's the flat truth, and I'd like to shake your Jake Kasker out of his suit of hand-me-down clothing.
  • Extract from : « Mary Louise and the Liberty Girls » by Edith Van Dyne (AKA L. Frank Baum)
  • The Socialist cook exchanged his greasy dungarees for a pair of hand-me-down creaseless serge pants.
  • Extract from : « The Flying Bo'sun » by Arthur Mason
  • These hand-me-down religions seldom fit, and professional theology, it seems to me, is mostly a dealing in ol' clo'.
  • Extract from : « Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 12 » by Elbert Hubbard
  • But the junk-dealers, second-hand men, and hand-me-down shop-keepers took in most of the goods.
  • Extract from : « A Daughter of the Vine » by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
  • I have no hand-me-down solution for that; it is the biggest problem that I know of, and I can venture only some suggestions.
  • Extract from : « Proceedings of the Second National Conservation Congress » by Various
  • For decades, collar-buttons have been on the hand-me-down shelves of humor; it is a mistake in the catalogue.
  • Extract from : « Seventeen » by Booth Tarkington
  • Because the hand-me-down knowledge is no longer backed by the mental capacity of a Challon.
  • Extract from : « The Short Life » by Francis Donovan

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