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tailor-mades

tailor-mades is the plural of tailor-made.

Meaning of tailor-made

Noun

tailor-made (plural tailor-mades)

  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.
    • Leonora always appeared to me at her best in a blue tailor-made.1915, Ford Madox Hueffer [i.e., Ford Madox Ford], chapter I, in The Good Soldier […], London: John Lane, The Bodley Head; New York, N.Y.: John Lane Company, →OCLC
  2. (slang) Synonym of civvy (“manufactured cigarette”).
    Synonyms:
    civvy

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Questions about tailor-mades

What is tailor-mades the plural of?
Tailor-mades is the plural of tailor-made.

Words near tailor-mades in the dictionary

  1. tailor's goose
  2. tailor's ham
  3. tailor's muscle
  4. tailor-fashion
  5. tailor-made
  6. tailor-mades
  7. tailor-make
  8. tailor-makes
  9. tailor-making
  10. tailor-style
  11. tailorability

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