a hand-me-down



a hand-me-down

a piece of clothing that used to belong to an older brother or sister and is now worn by a younger brother or sister (usually plural) As a child I was always dressed in my sister's hand-me-downs and I longed for something new to wear.

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Milogost-Medieval Slavic
Mccullough[mə'kʌlə]
Dugald-Scottish
MordecaiMAWR-də-kie (English)Biblical, Hebrew
Panayiotis-Greek
NoemÍno-e-MEE (Spanish)Spanish, Portuguese