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handed-downadjectivePassed on to a later generation or age: handed-down family recipes...- Without handed-down prejudices, children will behave in a spirit of complete even-handedness.
- He was without personal vanity, surprising the Heythrop hunt by turning out in a yellow cardigan and his colleagues by wearing handed-down clothes and his son's shoes.
- As for beauty, granny had to depend on handed-down tips and recipes made from easily obtainable ingredients.
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