tailor-made (notcomparable)

1. Made by a tailor, especially if made to order;bespoke.
2. Perfectlyappropriate to some specific occasion or purpose; made to one's specificrequirements.
   • 2023 December 27, Richard Foster, “New rail freight terminal leads the way”, inRAIL, number999, page41:

     Any local businesses looking to use rail freight now have atailor-made facility ready and waiting.

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tailor-made

1. simplepast andpastparticiple oftailor-make

tailor-made (pluraltailor-mades)

1. A piece of clothing made by a tailor;(specifically), adress made by a tailor rather than by adressmaker, and hence plainer in style.
   • 1952,Art et la Mode, volume74:

     A breitschwantz stole edged with ermine is knotted over this black woollentailor-made.

   • 1973,Christina Stead,The Little Hotel, Text Classics, published2016, page119:

     ‘But you must remember, Bili, that now in Paris you can practically go to a ball in atailormade.’

2. (prisonslang)Synonym ofcivvy(“manufactured cigarette”).

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