hand-me-down
adjective
ˈhan(d)-mē-ˌdau̇n 
1
: put in use by one person or group after being used, discarded, or handed down by another
hand-me-down clothes
hand-me-down anecdotes
2
: ready-made and usually cheap and shoddy
hand-me-down noun
Word History
First Known Use
1826, in the meaning defined at sense 1
hand-me-downs
noun
as in white elephants
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- white elephants
- throwaways
- castaways
- scraps
- discards
- rubbish
- culls
- rejects
- trash
- wastes
- seconds
- rejections