tailon.html - {adj.} Made to fit a special set of measurements or needs. * /John has a new made-to-measure suit./ * /The club is tailor-made for Jane./ Syn.: MADE TO ORDER.

tailon.html - See: MADE-TO-MEASURE.

tailon.html - n. & v.
--n.

a maker of clothes, esp. one who makes men's outer garments to measure.

--v.

1 tr. make (clothes) as a tailor.
2 tr. make or adapt for a special purpose.
3 intr. work as or be a tailor.
4 tr. (esp. as tailored adj.) make clothes for (he was immaculately tailored).
5 tr. (as tailored adj.) = tailor-made.

tailor-bird any small Asian etc. bird of the genus Orthotomus that stitches leaves together to form a nest. tailor-made adj.
1 (of clothing) made to order by a tailor.
2 made or suited for a particular purpose (a job tailor-made for me).

--n.

a tailor-made garment. tailor's chair a chair without legs for sitting cross-legged like a tailor at work. tailor's twist a fine strong silk thread used by tailors.

tailoring n. [ME & AF taillour, OF tailleur cutter, formed as TAIL(2)]

tailon.html - adj.
(of clothing) well or closely fitted.

tailon.html - {v. phr.} To stop bothering and constantly checking up on someone; quit hounding one. * /"Get off my case!" he cried angrily. "You're worse than the cops."/ Contrast: ON ONE'S CASE.

tailon.html - See: COW'S TAIL, HEADS I WIN, TAILS YOU LOSE, MAKE HEAD OR TAIL OF, TURN TAIL.