hand-me-down
Example Sentences
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"Conversely, when brides were familiar with the story of the dress, like with a hand-me-down, they were far more positive about it and treated it more like treasure than a cursed item."
From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026
The chancellor could also offer partial payments, potentially getting smaller for each additional child to reflect that these children might use the same buggy as their siblings or hand-me-down clothes.
From BBC • Nov. 14, 2025
Nearly 250 years later, as we continue to debate what the Founders intended, we may find at times that we’ve been led astray by legend, hornswoggled by hand-me-down history.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2025
The warehouse has also seen fewer of the startups that used to buy a lot of the city’s hand-me-down office furniture, perhaps due to the current economic uncertainty.
From Seattle Times • May 19, 2024
When I’d presented my final report card boasting straight As, I’d gotten Mom’s hand-me-down iPhone instead.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
