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tailor-make

[ tey-ler-meyk ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

, tai·lor-made, tai·lor-mak·ing.

to make or adjust to meet the needs of the particular situation, individual, object, etc.:
to tailor-make a tour.

First recorded in 1895–1900

I recently had a local tailor make my 6-year-old son a gorgeous little two-piece suit, for which he charged about $500.

I had the company tailor make a sort of a cloak for me from a buffalo skin, beaver skin mittens and a cap with ear-laps.

The tailor make one thundering big fox's skin, big enough for Simpson to get inside of it.

I forgot to mention that while in Portland I had a tailor make me a very handsome suit of military clothes.

We consequently bade the tailor make long pantaloons, and they were quite six inches too long.

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