Not too proud to wear hand-me-down clothes. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Using a hand-me-down without checking its history. From Wordnik.com. [5 common stroller mistakes--and how to solve them] Reference
A pair of hand-me-down shoes gives one boy confidence. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 28, 2006] Reference
From the dresser wearin 'a hand-me-down ... oppressive. From Wordnik.com. [Free the P] Reference
Well, I wanna let all you men know, she ain't no hand-me-down. From Wordnik.com. [Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee] Reference
Scrapping our hand-me-down Constitution is the place to start. From Wordnik.com. [Opinion: Scrap The Constitution] Reference
It didn't help that everything I wore was a hand-me-down either. From Wordnik.com. [idiot-milk Diary Entry] Reference
Look for a high-quality hand-me-down on Freecycle or Craigslist. From Wordnik.com. [Jennifer Grayson: Why Quality Matters, Even in Tough Times] Reference
His uniform had been home-tailored from a hand-me-down and it showed. From Wordnik.com. [Shaman's Crossing]
So in a flashback to the 80s, I'm typing this up on my hand-me-down laptop. From Wordnik.com. [Read It!] Reference
It's so nice to get a brand new chair that isn't somebody's reject hand-me-down. From Wordnik.com. [blue-parade Diary Entry] Reference
Teachers at her elementary school gave her cash, food and hand-me-down clothing. From Wordnik.com. [Iraq, 5 Years On,] Reference
CASHMERE, ONCE AN EXPENSIVE TREAT or treasured hand-me-down, has gone mass market. From Wordnik.com. [Fabrics Of Our Lives] Reference
Ya see, for chrimus, me Pa gave me one of them there hand-me-down digitales cameras. From Wordnik.com. [amishboy Diary Entry] Reference
As they ship neared land, Terra fingered the slippy trigger on her hand-me-down rifle. From Wordnik.com. [Perish The Thought] Reference
Perhaps a hand-me-down, taken out of a corner in the garage as the weather turned nice?. From Wordnik.com. [The Debt Collector]
Not every piece of tech in the universe is a hand-me-down from some more advanced race. From Wordnik.com. [Old Mans War] Reference
However, they may be more inclined to purchase one that's used or accept a hand-me-down. From Wordnik.com. [Roseanne Colletti: Crib Notes] Reference
I'd been using her hand-me-down Palm V for two years and it didn't even turn on anymore. From Wordnik.com. [12/30/02 Day 9 of the] Reference
"You're so bloody sane and smug you with your secondhand suit and hand-me-down knowledge!". From Wordnik.com. [The Short Life] Reference
In the recovery package, where is the regulation to eliminate these hand-me-down bad debts?. From Wordnik.com. [Jessica Catto: Apocalypse Now? No, but the Camel Needs Rescuing] Reference
Thirty-one percent of those surveyed admitted to passing on a hand-me-down present last year. From Wordnik.com. [More insight into holiday spending] Reference
"Because the hand-me-down knowledge is no longer backed by the mental capacity of a Challon.". From Wordnik.com. [The Short Life] Reference
And, yet, at the Grammy Awards, here comes this sort of hand-me-down dress on Jennifer Lopez. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 27, 2005] Reference
I even give Celia my hand-me-down housedresses after they've become too soiled for my own use. From Wordnik.com. [whitehelmet Diary Entry] Reference
My parents were stingy and made me use a pair of too-small hand-me-down skates that hurt my feet. From Wordnik.com. [Stars and Stripes Over La Quinta, California] Reference
They had me wear my sister's hand-me-down Brownie uniform a year after the uniform style changed. From Wordnik.com. [be prepared] Reference
Along with the laptop I also returned with a hand-me-down set of dishes and an entertainment center. From Wordnik.com. [Read It!] Reference
Eff Bezos's e-commercevision materialized during a cross-country ride in a hand-me-down Chevy Blazer. From Wordnik.com. [Companies Wired To The Bottom Line] Reference
My song is a hand-me-down, and the thoughts are broken; perhaps, after all, it is better left unsung. From Wordnik.com. [No Simple Highway, by Elizabeth Greene] Reference
"All of us sleeping in one bed and wearing hand-me-down clothes -- you gotta laugh at that," says Marlon. From Wordnik.com. [Scared Silly] Reference
Tom Mutchler: My family has owned Buicks in the past — my first car was a hand-me-down 1981 Buick Electra. From Wordnik.com. [Personal picks: 3-row SUVs] Reference
My life may be little and boring, but at least its mine -- not some assembly line, secondhanded, hand-me-down life. From Wordnik.com. [My life may be little and boring, but at least its mine--not some assembly line, secondhanded,hand-me-down life.] Reference
Our segregated and unequally funded school and school library had hand-me-down, out-of-date books from White schools. From Wordnik.com. [Marian Wright Edelman: Education as Opportunity] Reference
This country of ours, without brass hats, without bugles, without gilded coaches and sash-wearing hand-me-down leaders. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 9, 2004] Reference
I've been playing with the laptop for a couple of days, and this is no hand-me-down for poor kids in struggling countries. From Wordnik.com. [Give One, Get One] Reference
It's somewhat of a rag-tag hand-me-down bunch of weapons -- a lot of those old Soviet weapons, hand-me-down from wars past. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 24, 2001] Reference
Where are the other social classes from Columbine: the goths, the losers, the kids with chronic acne and hand-me-down clothes?. From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call And Clarification: Accountability And B] Reference
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