handed-down

• “We are all 2,000 years late to the pious party, and the best we can do is accept handed-down versions of what others supposedly said.”

  The Huffington Post: Aaron Anson: Is the Religious Right Positioned to Play Moral Police?

• “My handed-down squash casserole recipe is almost exactly your mom's except we cook the onions with the squash and don't add carrots.”

  Tex-Mex squash casserole | Homesick Texan

• “And then, thinking of this, I wonder … I begin to wonder what my Little Bird will take in her own life from these handed-down patterns and rhythms.”

  Journaling: Some Random Thoughts on Writing and… « Looking for Roots

• “The second was vacation photos snapped seemingly willy-nilly by Byron Westbrook , 35, when he started shooting with his grandfather's handed-down camera.”

  The Wall Street Journal: A Frame-by-Frame Show-and-Tell

• “A hunting buddy and I have named handed-down shotguns for their previous owners - Hutter is a Model 11 Remington named after my father-in-law, and Earl P is a Model 11 named after his grandfather.”

  Do you name your guns?

• “That, to me, was an example of an illusion -- an inherited notion, a handed-down tradition.”

  The Huffington Post: Jan Phillips: Leadership On The Edge Of A Quantum Leap

• “I am wearing a pair of handed-down shoes that Pappa has put new soles on three times.”

  Simon & Schuster: The Trouble With May Amelia

• “Contador began riding a handed-down bike from his elder brother Francisco at the age of 15.”

  The Guardian: Alberto Contador is employing stealth to join the Tour de France elite

• “Young people are not satisfied with handed-down beliefs.”

  TEXAS FAITH: Why are millennials dropping out? | RELIGION Blog | dallasnews.com

• “If your family has lived in the United States for a while, you may have to go back a few generations to written birth records or handed-down family stories.”

  Simon & Schuster: The Official Lamaze® Guide

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