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Tooley Street tailor

Tooley Street tailor noun: a self-important, vainglorious person.

Noun

Tooley Street tailor (plural Tooley Street tailors)

  1. (UK, archaic, slang) A self-important, vainglorious person.

Forms of Tooley Street tailor

pluralTooley Street tailors

Origin of Tooley Street tailor

The "three tailors of Tooley Street" are said to have immortalized themselves by preparing a petition for Parliament bearing only their own signatures, which began, "We, the people of England..."

Questions about Tooley Street tailor

What does Tooley Street tailor mean?
Tooley Street tailor means a self-important, vainglorious person.
What part of speech is Tooley Street tailor?
Tooley Street tailor is a noun.
What is the plural of Tooley Street tailor?
The plural of Tooley Street tailor is Tooley Street tailors.

Words near Tooley Street tailor in the dictionary

  1. Toolern Vale
  2. toolers
  3. Toolesboro
  4. Tooleville
  5. Tooley
  6. Tooley Street tailor
  7. Tooley Street tailors
  8. Tooleybuc
  9. Tooleys
  10. toolframe
  11. toolframes

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