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off-the-peg

off-the-peg adjective: ready-made in a range of standard sizes (not tailor-made).

Adjective

off-the-peg (not comparable)

  1. (Ireland, UK) Ready-made in a range of standard sizes (not tailor-made).
    • Modern mothers seem not to have time to make dollies' wardrobes from scraps of this and that. As most of their own clothes are bought off the peg, not many scraps are available, and indeed many of them cannot sew.1971, Gwen White, Antique Toys And Their Background, page 211
  2. (figuratively) Ready-made (of non-clothing items).

Synonyms of off-the-peg

Questions about off-the-peg

What does off-the-peg mean?
Off-the-peg means ready-made in a range of standard sizes (not tailor-made).
What part of speech is off-the-peg?
Off-the-peg is an adjective.

Words near off-the-peg in the dictionary

  1. off-the-charts
  2. off-the-cuff
  3. off-the-grid
  4. off-the-gridder
  5. off-the-gridders
  6. off-the-peg
  7. off-the-rack
  8. off-the-record
  9. off-the-shelf
  10. off-the-shoulder
  11. off-the-wall

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