tailor : Idioms & Phrases

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Merchant tailor

  • a tailor who keeps and sells materials for the garments which he makes.
Webster 1913

Salt-water tailor

  • . (Zoöl.) See Bluefish.
  • (Zoöl.), the bluefish. Local, U.S. Bartlett.
Webster 1913

Tailor bird

  • (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of small Asiatic and East Indian singing birds belonging to Orthotomus, Prinia, and allied genera. They are noted for the skill with which they sew leaves together to form nests. The common Indian species are O. longicauda, which has the back, scapulars, and upper tail coverts yellowish green, and the under parts white; and the golden-headed tailor bird (O. coronatus), which has the top of the head golden yellow and the back and wings pale olive-green.
Webster 1913

tailor's chalk

  • noun chalk used by tailors to make temporary marks on cloth
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tailor's tack

  • noun a loose, looped, sewing stitch used to transfer marking for darts, etc., from a pattern to material
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tailor-made

  • noun custom-made clothing
  • adjective satellite (of clothing) custom-made
    made-to-order; tailored; bespoken; bespoke.
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tailor-make

  • verb create (clothes) with cloth
    sew; tailor.
    • Can the seamstress sew me a suit by next week?
  • verb make to specifications
    customize; custom-make; customise.
    • I had this desk custom-made for me
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