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Verb: hand down  hand dawn
  1. Passed on, as by inheritance
    "This ring was handed down through many generations"
Adjective: hand-down
  1. Passed on from one person to another
    "not too proud to wear hand-down clothes";
    - hand-me-down

Derived forms: hands down, handing down, handed down

See also: hand, old

Type of: pass on

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hand and foot
hand and glove
hand ax
hand axe
hand blower
hand brake
hand calculator
hand cheese
hand clapping
hand cream
hand down
hand drill
hand fern
hand glass
hand grenade
hand in glove
hand in hand
hand job
hand line
hand lotion
hand luggage