tailored

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Adjective

tailored

  1. Adjusted by a tailor, fitted.
    • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 2, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
      Now that she had rested and had fed from the luncheon tray Mrs. Broome had just removed, she had reverted to her normal gaiety.  She looked cool in a grey tailored cotton dress with a terracotta scarf and shoes and her hair a black silk helmet.
  2. Made by a tailor.
    His expensive tailored shirts didn't look that much better than off-the-rack, but they lasted much longer.

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tailored

  1. simple past and past participle of tailor

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