reach-me-down

English

An allusion to clothes being simply taken down from a rack, rather than tailored.

reach-me-down (not comparable)

Of clothing: ready-made.
- 2002, Michel Faber, The Crimson Petal and the White, Canongate Books (2010), page 25:
  A reach-me-down dress, a penny sparkler, a fancy cake, a sixpenny entertainment . . . how can such things use up so much money?

reach-me-down (plural reach-me-downs)

(chiefly in the plural) Ready-made clothing.
- 1921, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter XV, in Indiscretions of Archie:
  He shrank from the prospect of being confronted next day, at the height of his misery, with these appalling reach-me-downs.

单词	reach-me-down
释义	reach-me-down English Etymology An allusion to clothes being simply taken down from a rack, rather than tailored. Adjective reach-me-down (not comparable) Of clothing: ready-made. 2002, Michel Faber, The Crimson Petal and the White, Canongate Books (2010), page 25: A reach-me-down dress, a penny sparkler, a fancy cake, a sixpenny entertainment . . . how can such things use up so much money? Noun reach-me-down (plural reach-me-downs) (chiefly in the plural) Ready-made clothing. 1921, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter XV, in Indiscretions of Archie: He shrank from the prospect of being confronted next day, at the height of his misery, with these appalling reach-me-downs.
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