Hand-me-downs

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Noun

1
plural of hand-me-down form-of, plural

Synonyms

hand-down secondhand stale used worn

Example

"Imogen of the Internet has a habit of paying fifty dollars for clothes that are manufactured to look like five-dollar hand-me-downs."

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