hand-me-downs
Example Sentences
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I’d always had hand-me-downs from my brother, so the fact that I could buy new golf clubs, I was on top of the world.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
That equates to 7% of transfers being so-called hand-me-downs, which is the highest share Cotality has recorded since it began tracking the data.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 3, 2026
She said there was "less of a stigma" around second-hand clothes and equipment, and she happily accepted hand-me-downs from friends and family.
From BBC • Sep. 3, 2025
Maxwell Osborne took inspiration from his Jamaican roots for his New York-based anOnlyChild collection, creating looks out of mostly deadstock fabrics that suggest an elevated repurposing of hand-me-downs.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 21, 2024
She slept alongside another foster child, who wet the bed, and every morning she chose her clothes from a box of hand-me-downs.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
