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Definition of Ready-made

1. Noun. A manufactured artifact (as a garment or piece of furniture) that is made in advance and available for purchase. "Their apartment was furnished with ready-mades"

2. Adjective. Made for purchase and immediate use.

3. Adjective. Repeated regularly without thought or originality. "Ready-made phrases"

4. Adjective. Commercially produced; not homemade. "Ready-made clothes"

Definition of Ready-made

1. Adjective. Made or prepared in advance of need. ¹

2. Noun. An everyday object designated as art. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ready-made

readvances readvancing readvertise readvertised readvertises readvertising readvise readvised readvises readworthy

ready ready(a) ready, aim, fire ready, set, go ready, steady, go ready-made (current term) ready-mades ready-mix ready-to-wear ready about

ready and waiting(p) ready cash ready meal ready meals ready money ready moneys ready monies ready reckoner ready reckoners ready room

Literary usage of Ready-made

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William B. Dana (1840)
"They were not usually kept in ready-made clothing stores, but sometimes were. ready-made clothing meant clothing cut from cloth to fit, and made by tailors' ..."

2. The Employment of Women in the Clothing Trade by Mabel Hurd Willett (1902)
"It may be either custom-made, that is, made to the measure of the purchaser and fitted to him, or it may be ready-made, that is, cut in stock sizes and made ..."

3. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1840)
"ready-made clothing meant clothing cut from cloth to fit, and made by tailors' sewing. On the part of the defendant, evidence was given, that the articles ..."

4. United States Supreme Court Reports by United States Supreme Court, Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, LEXIS Law Publishing (1911)
"Because, the terms "wearing apparel," as used in said Act of 1846, are either synonymous with "ready made clothing," or too indefinite to assess any other ..."

5. The American Laborer by Horace Greeley (1843)
"The Committee appointed by the Convention t& examine into the subject of the Tariff or Duties on Ready Made Clothing, would respectfully Report: That their ..."

6. The Journal of Home Economics by American Home Economics Association (1921)
"Similarly taffeta was about four times more popular as a material for ready-made skirts when compared with materials bought by the yard, while satin was ..."

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