English Explanatory Dictionary

reach-me-down

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Ready-made.
noun
  1. Ready-made clothing.

Word forms

reach-me-down reach-me-downs

Etymology

An allusion to clothes being simply taken down from a rack, rather than tailored. See reach down.

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