单词 | house tailor |
释义 | > as lemmashouse tailor house tailor n. (a) a tailor employed by a particular household, hotel, department store, etc.; an in-house tailor; †(b) an upholsterer (obsolete). ΚΠ 1611 Second Maiden's Trag. (1909) ii. i. 22 The deiection of thy mynde and spirrit..wronges thy mother in her ashes being at peace Wth heavne and man, had not her life and vertues Bin seales vnto her faithe, I should thinck thee now The worke of some hirde servaunt; some howse Tailor And no one part of my endeuour in thee. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew House Tailers, upholsterers. 1724 J. M. Agreeable Variety (ed. 2) 320 A Vintner's Daughter and an Upholsterer's Daughter... A Vintner's and House Taylor's Breed. 1817 N. Amer. Rev. Jan. 237 The ridicule to which he was exposed for his dress, of which he had brought from home a large stock, manufactured by a house tailor, who..was at the same time house servant. 1914 O. P. Read New Mr. Howerson iii. 35 The house tailor can very soon make any needed alteration. 1995 San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News (Nexis) 28 Apr. (Peninsula Living section) 3 They come into the store to make their selections, are measured in the dressing room by a house tailor, and pay $500 or more for a suit. < as lemmas |
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