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tailordom|ˈteɪlədəm|
[See -dom.]
1. The state, condition, or fact of being a tailor; humorously, the domain or realm of tailors.
1861G. Meredith E. Harrington I. iii. 32 Preserve him from tailordom—from all contact with trade—they must. 1873Mayo Never Again iv. 43 With a punctuality unusual in tailordom the clothes were finished. 1901Blackw. Mag. Jan. 44/1 They do for literary art what M. Planché's books..have done for tailordom.
2. = tailoring vbl. n. b, tailory 3.
1895Rashdall Univ. Europe Mid. Ages II. 644 The sobriety of hue characteristic of modern clerical tailordom. |