off-the-peg

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off-the-peg

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Ireland, UK, not comparable, of clothing Ready-made in a range of standard sizes (not tailor-made). Modern mothers seem not to have time to make dollies' wardrobes from scraps of this and that. As most of their own clothes are bought off the peg, not many scraps are available, and indeed many of them cannot sew.
figuratively, not comparable Ready-made (of non-clothing items).

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adj ready-made

Deutsch	von der Stange
Ελληνικά	αγοραστός agorastós

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@misc{off_the_peg_2026,
  title = {off-the-peg},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/off-the-peg},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}