tailor¹ /tāˈlər/

1. A person whose business is to cut out and make outer garments, esp for men (fem tailˈoress)
2. Any of several fish, incl the bluefish and the Australian skipjack (Teninodon saltator)
3. A teller stroke (bellringing; esp dialect)

To work as a tailor

1. To make clothes for
2. To fit with clothes
3. To fashion by tailor's work
4. To make or adapt so as to fit a special need exactly

tailˈored adjective

1. Tailor-made
2. Wearing well-tailored clothes
3. Well cared for

tailˈoring noun

tailˈorbird noun

Any Asian warbler of the genus Orthotomus (esp O. sutorius) that sews leaves together to form a nest

tailˈor-made adjective

1. Made by a tailor to fit a particular person
2. Exactly adapted (for a purpose)

noun

1. A tailor-made garment
2. A factory-made cigarette, not one rolled by hand (informal)

tailˈormake transitive verb (orig and esp US)

To make especially to suit a particular purpose or person, etc

tailor's chalk noun

A small piece of French chalk used by tailors and dressmakers to mark the position of seams, darts, etc on cloth

tailor's tack noun

A long loose stitch used eg to hold fabric to a pattern during cutting, or to mark the position of seams, darts, etc prior to fitting

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