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Definition of Ready-to-wear

1. Adjective. (especially of clothing) made in standard sizes and available from merchandise in stock. "Ready-to-wear clothes"

2. Noun. Ready-made clothing. "She couldn't find anything in ready-to-wear that she liked"

Definition of Ready-to-wear

1. Adjective. Describing apparel that does not need any tailoring (for example hemming) before it can be worn. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ready-to-wear

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ready, set, go ready, steady, go ready-made ready-mades ready-mix ready-to-wear (current term) ready about ready and waiting(p) ready cash ready meal

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Literary usage of Ready-to-wear

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

1. The Journal of Home Economics by American Home Economics Association (1921)
"Most of the jersey skirts were purchased ready-to-wear, less than one-tenth being purchased by the yard. Similarly taffeta was about four times more popular ..."

2. The Wool Industry: Commercial Problems of the American Woolen and Worsted by Paul Terry Cherington (1916)
"In fact it is difficult to see how the manufacture of women's ready-to-wear clothing could have attained its present proportions without the type of outlet ..."

3. The City of Detroit, Michigan, 1701-1922 by Clarence Monroe Burton, William Stocking, Gordon K. Miller, S. J. Clarke Publishing Company (1922)
"The firm of Frank & Seder is one of the largest organizations in the United States dealing in ready-to-wear apparel for men, women and children, ..."

4. Gems by Helen Barlett Bridgman (1916)
"Like fabrics, they seem to me so much more beautiful in themselves than after they are ready to wear—but with this difference: that fabrics worn are ..."

5. Advertising for Trade in Latin-America by William Edmund Aughinbaugh (1922)
"CHAPTER XIV Big field waiting in women's ready-to-wear goods—Value of the European press for this purpose—Success in introducing new styles— Branches of ..."

6. Dressmaking as a Trade for Women in Massachusetts by May Allinson (1916)
"ready-to-wear," said a member of such a firm, "is a single gown made up on a ... This ready- to-wear is offered for sale to customers wishing gowns on short ..."

7. Dressmaking as a Trade for Women in Massachusetts by May Allinson (1916)
"ready-to-wear," said a member of such a'firm, "is a single gown made up on a ... This ready- to-wear is offered for sale to customers wishing gow.ns on ..."

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