tailor-made

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See also: tailormade

English

Adjective

tailor-made (not comparable)

  1. Made by a tailor, especially if made to order; bespoke.
  2. Perfectly appropriate to some specific occasion or purpose; made to one's specific requirements.
    • 2023 December 27, Richard Foster, “New rail freight terminal leads the way”, in RAIL, number 999, page 41:
      Any local businesses looking to use rail freight now have a tailor-made facility ready and waiting.

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Verb

tailor-made

  1. simple past and past participle of tailor-make

Noun

tailor-made (plural tailor-mades)

  1. A piece of clothing made by a tailor; (specifically), a dress made by a tailor rather than by a dressmaker, and hence plainer in style.
    • 1952, Art et la Mode, volume 74:
      A breitschwantz stole edged with ermine is knotted over this black woollen tailor-made.
    • 1973, Christina Stead, The Little Hotel, Text Classics, published 2016, page 119:
      ‘But you must remember, Bili, that now in Paris you can practically go to a ball in a tailormade.’
  2. (prison slang) Synonym of civvy (“manufactured cigarette”).

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