photofitn.
/ˈfəʊtə(ʊ)fɪt/, U.S. /ˈfoʊdəˌfɪt/ 1. North American. Any of various methods for establishing a person's measurements for clothing or shoes using photographic techniques; a fitting conducted with such a method.
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1922 Daily Northwestern (Oshkosh, Wisconsin) 12 Oct. 2 (advt.) Clothes Made to Your Measure and the Measurements Taken With the New Photofit Machine.
1948 Lethbridge (Alberta) Herald 18 Mar. 7 (advt.) For the measuring of Women's Suits and Coats to be assured of perfection a Foto-Fit is taken without charge.
1965 N.Y. Times 20 Feb. 33/1 Several leading shoe companies, according to Mr. Rockmore are considering his Photo-Fit.
1977 Bucks County (Pa.) Courier Times 27 Mar. b17/2 Only the store that offers the process can provide them with another, updated Foto-fit image after the new shoes are bought.
2. Originally and chiefly British. A method of building up a picture of a person, esp. a criminal suspect, by assembling and combining a number of photographs of individual facial features; a composite picture so formed. Frequently attributive. Cf. identikit n. and adj.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > a photograph > [noun] > photograph by style or subject
high key1849
carte1861
carte-de-visite1861
wedding group1861
vignette1862
studio portrait1869
press photograph1873
cameo-type1874
war picture1883
mug1887
panel1888
snapshot1890
visite1891
fuzz-type1893
stickyback1903
action photograph1904
action picture1904
scenic1913
still1916
passport photo1919
mosaic1920
press photo1923
oblique1925
action shot1927
passport photograph1927
profile shot1928
smudgea1931
glossy1931
photomontage1931
photomural1931
head shot1936
pin-up1943
mug shot1950
wedding photograph1956
wedding photo1966
full-frontal1970
photofit1970
split beaver1972
upskirt1994
selfie2002
1970 Guardian 23 Apr. 6/4 The Home Office believes it has a ‘promising development’ at its disposal with the introduction of a new system of criminal identification—the Photo-Fit. By using photographs instead of line drawings, the new technique will enable the police to build up..many..composite faces.
1971 Times 2 Apr. 4/6 (headline) ‘Photofit’ picture led to arrest of killer.
1991 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 17 Nov. 21/4 The woman late yesterday was trying to help..detectives produce a photofit of her attacker.
2004 Guardian (Nexis) 15 June 5 It was those statements..that eventually produced a photofit picture of a suspect.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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