tailor-made

Definitions

1. 1

   Made by a tailor, especially if made to order

   Made by a tailor, especially if made to order; bespoke.

2. 2

   Perfectly appropriate to some specific occasion or purpose

   Perfectly appropriate to some specific occasion or purpose; made to one's specific requirements.

   • Any local businesses looking to use rail freight now have a tailor-made facility ready and waiting.
3. 3

   simple past and past participle of tailor-make

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   1. 4

      A piece of clothing made by a tailor

      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.

      • A breitschwantz stole edged with ermine is knotted over this black woollen tailor-made.
      • ‘But you must remember, Bili, that now in Paris you can practically go to a ball in a tailormade.’
   2. 5

      Synonym of civvy (“manufactured cigarette”).

The neighborhood

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