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Meanings of off the peg in English
Mass-produced clothing in standard sizes.
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Examples for "ready-to-wear"
Examples for "ready-to-wear"
1
The ready-to-wear clothes industry, New York's major industry, is almost exclusively Jewish.
2
His fashion empire includes a ready-to-wear collection, accessories, home decor and fragrance.
3
He refused to compromise and produce ready-to-wear like so many other couturiers.
4
Or did he patronize a ready-to-wear shop that catered especially to primates?
5
He quit Patou, and hired himself out as a freelance ready-to-wear designer.
1
His suit didn't look as if it had come off the rack.
2
She took a long, fuzzy sweater off the rack and held it up.
3
Something top of the range, obviously, but off the rack will do fine.
4
The strategy is akin to selling suits off the rack rather than custom-made.
5
Navy and Marine skinsuits weren't something which could be ordered off the rack.
Usage of off the peg in English
1
It missed, bouncing off the peg that concealed Ahsoka's piece.
2
So for example, I can't buy a miniskirt off the peg and just wear it.
3
She got up, grabbing her parka off the peg.
4
President Michael D Higgins's wife bought the outfits for the inauguration off the peg from Irish designers.
5
Somehow, during the middle of the night, they had walked off the peg where he'd hung them.
6
Harrie wrenched it off the peg one-handed.
7
He never got it off the peg!
8
Beware of buying off the peg.
9
I took my shawl off the peg and wrapped it over my head, hiding that telltale red hair.
10
Hitch down my coat off the peg there; feel the cloth of it; take it between finger and thumb.
11
I far prefer it to the style of those who buy their ideas off the peg at Ralph Lauren.
12
This looks off the peg.
13
The greatcoat took the plunderer's fancy; he took it down off the peg, and there stood Carter before him!
14
She went through the kitchen, where Serena now tended the stew, only stopping to take her shawl off the peg.
15
Hannah Maria dashed over the sheet into the entry and got her hat off the peg; then she and Mehitable started.
16
It's impossible to buy a decent dress off the peg, and most of the dressmakers are so provincial in their taste.
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