0 a piece of clothing that someone has given to a younger person because they no longer want it:
1 a piece of clothing given to a younger family member or friend because the person who owns it no longer wants it or it no longer fits:
The culture that detainees created was more than a hand-me-down from pre-colonial times.
According to this view, phonological structure is not just a passive hand-me-down derived from low-level syntax - it has its own role in shaping the totality of linguistic structure.
We can no longer make do with a subsidy system involving hand-me-down from assisted areas.
It had to use a hand-me-down computer system that could not cope.
If it is merely a hand-me-down legal basis taken over from previous directives, then it is a mistake to keep it.
For example, a family needs two prams; it is not possible to have a hand-me-down pram.
All we can say is that there must be an open agenda and that there cannot be consultation by hand-me-down.
They are nothing but hand-me-down speeches.
