reach-me-down
adjEtymology
An allusion to clothes being simply taken down from a rack, rather than tailored. See reach down.
Definitions
Ready-made.
- A reach-me-down dress, a penny sparkler, a fancy cake, a sixpenny entertainment . . . how can such things use up so much money?
Ready-made clothing.
- He shrank from the prospect of being confronted next day, at the height of his misery, with these appalling reach-me-downs.
The neighborhood
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