: owned or used by someone else before you : secondhand — used especially of clothing ▪ He was wearing an old, hand-me-down jacket. — sometimes used figuratively ▪ He has some old-fashioned, hand-me-down notions about the role of women.
— hand–me–down noun, plural hand–me–downs [count]
▪ Her closet was full of hand-me-downs from her older sisters.
▪ Her closet was full of hand-me-downs from her older sisters.




