handed down
/ˈhændɪd ˌdaʊn/
adjective
- Passed from one generation to the next, especially as a tradition, story, or possession.
- These handed-down stories teach important lessons about courage.
- The family has a handed-down recipe for apple pie that is over a hundred years old.
- She wore a handed-down necklace that belonged to her great-grandmother.
- Given to a younger or less privileged person after being used by someone else; secondhand.
- Most of her toys are handed-down from cousins.
- The school provides handed-down textbooks to students who cannot afford new ones.
- He wore his older brother's handed-down jeans.
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