(especially of clothing) made in standard sizes and available from merchandise in stock. Synonyms:off-the-peg, off-the-rack, off-the-shelf."Ready-to-wear clothes"
... disorder out of her beautiful yellow hair, help her out of her hideous clothes into a grey tailor-made, with a shirt-waist of mercerised white cheviot, put on a stock of the same material, give her a "ready-to-wear" hat of the same trig-tailored quality, and, as she passed out, hand her a pair of grey suede gloves which exactly ... — Threads of Grey and Gold • Myrtle Reed
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