tailordom

The trade by which his father had made his money was as well known as that of the railway contractor; and every possible symbol of tailordom was displayed in graphic portraiture on the walls and hoardings of the city.

Doctor Thorne 2004

Meredith's ironical comedy on the family tailordom, _Evan Harrington; or

The Art of Letters Robert Lynd 1914

Mrs. Mel sat upon the company with the weight of all tailordom.

Evan Harrington — Complete George Meredith 1868

Mrs. Mel sat upon the company with the weight of all tailordom.

Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868

Twice cursed by Love, twice the victim of tailordom, our excellent Marine gave away

Evan Harrington — Complete George Meredith 1868

She seemed so entirely to have eclipsed tailordom, or 'Demogorgon,' as the Countess was pleased to call it.

Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868

Love, twice the victim of tailordom, our excellent Marine gave away

Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868

Preserve him from tailordom -- from all contact with trade -- they must; otherwise they would be perpetually linked to the horrid thing they hoped to outlive and bury.

Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868

Poor boy! it was enough that he should have tailordom on his shoulders: I ought to have allowed him to conquer

Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868

The thought of his actual position swamped the sickening disgust at tailordom.

Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868