Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

hand-me-down

hand-me-down , adjective

the term hand-me-down is often used of clothing previously worn by older family members. The term may also be used metaphorically of ideas.

1.
obtained or used after prior use by another person.

hand-me-down , noun

An outgrown garment given to one person after use by another; -- usually transferred between members of a family or close friends; as, because she was the youngest of four girls, the clothes she wore were always hand-me-downs.