tailor-made

See also: tailormade

English

Adjective

tailor-made (not comparable)

1. Made by a tailor, especially if made to order; bespoke.
2. Perfectly appropriate to some specific occasion or purpose; made to one's specific requirements.
   • 2023 December 27, Richard Foster, “New rail freight terminal leads the way”, in RAIL, number 999, page 41:

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

Translations

made by a tailor

• Finnish: räätälin tekemä
• German: maßgeschneidert (de)
• Manx: thalhearagh
• Swedish: skräddarsydd (sv), måttbeställd

made to specific requirements

• Dutch: op maat (gemaakt), maat-
• Finnish: räätälöity (fi)
• German: maßgeschneidert (de)
• Greek: κατά παραγγελία (el) (katá parangelía), επί παραγγελία (epí parangelía), εξατομικευμένος (el) (exatomikevménos)
• Polish: (szyty) na miarę
• Swedish: skräddarsydd (sv), specialanpassad

See also

• bitch-made

Verb

tailor-made

1. simple past and past participle of tailor-make

Noun

tailor-made (plural tailor-mades)

1. A suit made by a tailor.
   • 1952, Art et la Mode, volume 74:

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

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

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