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- noun A
tailor 'sshop .
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Examples
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The ones associated with the great toe are known as a bunion Hallux Abducto Valgus foot deformity, the fifth toe deformity is called a tailor's bunion and on the top of the toes, hammertoes can develop.
Dr. Steve Rosenberg: Help... Is It a Shoe Problem or a Foot Problem? Dr. Steve Rosenberg 2011
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The ones associated with the great toe are known as a bunion Hallux Abducto Valgus foot deformity, the fifth toe deformity is called a tailor's bunion and on the top of the toes, hammertoes can develop.
Dr. Steve Rosenberg: Help... Is It a Shoe Problem or a Foot Problem? Dr. Steve Rosenberg 2011
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The ones associated with the great toe are known as a bunion Hallux Abducto Valgus foot deformity, the fifth toe deformity is called a tailor's bunion and on the top of the toes, hammertoes can develop.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Dr. Steve Rosenberg 2011
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Upon arriving at the tailor's, I offered to stay in the car; she refused.
Richard Whitmire: The Michelle Rhee You Don't Know Richard Whitmire 2011
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Once in the tiny tailor's shop, equipped only with a flimsy, very public bamboo screen for changing, I tried to give Rhee some privacy.
Richard Whitmire: The Michelle Rhee You Don't Know Richard Whitmire 2011
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"My tailor's too swift for y'all," he rapped at one point.
It'll be a Grammy showdown for Beyonce and Taylor Swift 2009
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Manu Melwani at Sam's Tailor in Hong Kong (Bill Clinton and Tony Blair are former clients) says one way to tell if you're going to end up with a cheap suit is to look at examples of the tailor's work, often hanging in the store.
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Once in the tiny tailor's shop, equipped only with a flimsy, very public bamboo screen for changing, I tried to give Rhee some privacy.
Richard Whitmire: The Michelle Rhee You Don't Know Richard Whitmire 2011
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As French theorist Fr é d é ric Bastiat argued, it's a fallacy to think that breaking a window creates work, because while the glazier's gain of work is visible, the tailor's loss of work caused by the window-owner's loss of money — and consequent decision to delay purchase of a coat — is not.
Studying the Biases of Bureaucrats Matt Ridley 2010
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The leader of the platoon assigned to the town, 1st Lt. Scott Hendrickson, 31, approached a tailor's shop that symbolized both progress and problems.
From Kandahar, a different view of war Karin Brulliard 2010
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