Reach-me-down
[reech-mee-doun] /ˈritʃ miˌdaʊn/
noun, adjective, British.
1.
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noun (informal)
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2.
(pl) trousers
3.
(modifier) not original; derivative; stale: a stock of reach-me-down ideas
adjective
Inferior; shoddy: the nice and the reach-me-down manners
noun
hand-me-down (1862+)
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