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Meaning of Tailor-made | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

Definitions

  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.
  2. Synonym of civvy (“manufactured cigarette”).

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Examples

“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.’”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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