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tailor-made en · ADJ

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Made by a tailor, especially if made to order; bespoke.
2. (not-comparable) 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. 2023 December 27, Richard Foster, “New rail freight terminal leads the way”, in RAIL, number 999, page 41:

Relateds

bitch-made

Translations (21)

es hecho / confeccionado a la medida (made to specific requirements) · sv skräddarsydd (made to specific requirements) · pl szyty na miarę (made to specific requirements) · ca fet a mida (made to specific requirements) · sv skräddarsydd (made by a tailor) · nl op maat (gemaakt) (made to specific requirements) · pl szyty na miarę (made by a tailor) · es hecho / confeccionado a medida (made to specific requirements) · el κατά παραγγελία (made to specific requirements) · es hecho / confeccionado por sastre (made by a tailor) · de maßgeschneidert (made by a tailor) · de maßgeschneidert (made to specific requirements) · el επί παραγγελία (made to specific requirements) · da skræddersyet (made to specific requirements) · nl maat- (made to specific requirements) · fi räätälin tekemä (made by a tailor) · sv måttbeställd (made by a tailor) · sv specialanpassad (made to specific requirements) · gv thalhearagh (made by a tailor) · el εξατομικευμένος (made to specific requirements) · fi räätälöity (made to specific requirements)

tailor-made en · NOUN

Meanings

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.
   • A breitschwantz stole edged with ermine is knotted over this black woollen tailor-made. 1952, Art et la Mode, volume 74:
   • Leonora always appeared to me at her best in a blue tailor-made. 1915, Ford Madox Hueffer [i.e., Ford Madox Ford], chapter I, in The Good Soldier […], London: John Lane, The Bodley Head; New York, N.Y.: John Lane Company, →OCLC:
   • She was in a black tailor-made. A wide-mesh veil came down from the rim of a small black straw hat. 1954, Ian Fleming, “The Silver Phantom”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 96:
   • ‘But you must remember, Bili, that now in Paris you can practically go to a ball in a tailormade.’ 1973, Christina Stead, The Little Hotel, Text Classics, published 2016, page 119:
2. (slang) Synonym of civvy (“manufactured cigarette”).

Forms

Synonyms

civvy

tailor-made en · VERB

Meanings

1. (form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of tailor-make
   form of tailor-make