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Definition of Readymade
1. a. Made already, or beforehand, in anticipation of need; not made to order; as, ready-made clothing; ready-made jokes.
Definition of Readymade
1. Adjective. (alternative spelling of ready-made) ¹
2. Noun. (alternative spelling of ready-made) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Readymade
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Readymade
Literary usage of Readymade
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mute Vol II #4 by Mute (2006)
"... inside Image: Theodor W. Adorno, Self-portrait, photo by Stefan Moses, 1963
each other Watson has relied on a readymade structure of biography, ..."
2. Tracking Gender Equity Under Economic Reforms: Continuity and Change in by Swapna Mukhopadhyay, Ratna M. Sudarshan (2003)
"Exports are concentrated in a few products like textiles, readymade garments,
leather goods and carpets and rugs. Textiles and related products, ..."
3. Character Training in Childhood by Mary S. Haviland (1921)
"practical, from a readymade way of living. I do not mean by this that we should
make the absurd attempt to turn back the clock and return to the crude ..."
4. The Mothercraft manual by Mary Lillian Read (1916)
"readymade clothing should be washed before wearing. Much readymade clothing,
whether cheap or expensive, is made in sweatshops and crowded tenements. ..."
5. Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education by John Dewey (1916)
"... such as our system of roads and means of transportation, our ready command of
heat, light, and electricity, our readymade machines and apparatus for ..."
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