bespokeadj.
/bɪˈspəʊk/ = bespoken adj. 2; spec. of goods; ordered to be made, as distinguished from ready-made adj. and n.; also said of a tradesman who makes goods to order. Also n., a bespoke article.
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society > trade and finance > merchandise > article(s) to be sold > [adjective] > custom-made or bespoke
bespoken1607
bespoke1755
custom1757
custom-made1819
handmade1883
custom-built1908
customized1927
society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > [adjective] > who makes goods to order
custom1804
bespoke1908
1755 C. Charke Narr. Life 203 At length the bespoke Play was to be enacted.
1865 G. Measom Illustr. Guide G. E. Railway 69 The Bespoke or Order Department.
1866 Chambers's Encycl. VIII. 691/1 The shoemaking trade..is divided into two departments—the bespoke and the ready-made or sale business.
1884 Birmingham Daily Post 24 Jan. 3/3 Boot Trade.—Wanted..Saleswoman, accustomed to Bespoke Trade.
1907 W. De Morgan Alice-for-Short xlvii His boots may have been ‘bespokes’ for anybody, except himself.
1908 Daily Chron. 13 June 4/7 A ‘bespoke tailor’.
1928 Punch 30 May p. xv (advt.) Lotus Bespoke Model Shoes.
1965 Punch 29 Sept. 478/1 A ‘Special Collection’ which is, in harsh reality, a collection of bargain bespokes.
1966 Economist 16 July 239/2 Although there is a lot of bespoke work in this [steel] plant, management would prefer some element of payment by results.
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adj.1755