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reach-me-downs

reach-me-downs is the plural of reach-me-down.

Meaning of reach-me-down

Noun

reach-me-down (plural reach-me-downs)

  1. (in plural) 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.1921, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter XV, in Indiscretions of Archie

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Questions about reach-me-downs

What is reach-me-downs the plural of?
Reach-me-downs is the plural of reach-me-down.

Words near reach-me-downs in the dictionary

  1. reach stackers
  2. reach'd
  3. reach-around
  4. reach-arounds
  5. reach-me-down
  6. reach-me-downs
  7. reach-through
  8. reachabilities
  9. reachability
  10. reachable
  11. reachables

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