off-the-peg

adj

Definitions

  1. Ready-made in a range of standard sizes (not tailor-made).

    • Modern mothers seem not to have time to make dollies' wardrobes from scraps of this and that. As most of their own clothes are bought off the peg, not many scraps are available, and indeed many of them cannot sew.
  2. Ready-made (of non-clothing items).

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA