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Meaning of "off-the-peg" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF OFF-THE-PEG

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OFF-THE-PEG

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Off-The-Peg is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES OFF-THE-PEG MEAN IN ENGLISH?

off-the-peg

Ready-to-wear

Ready-to-wear or prêt-à-porter is the term for factory-made clothing, sold in finished condition, in standardized sizes, as distinct from made to measure or bespoke clothing tailored to a particular person's frame. Off-the-peg is sometimes used for items which are not clothing, such as handbags. Ready-to-wear has rather different connotations in the spheres of fashion and classic clothing. In the fashion industry, designers produce ready-to-wear clothing intended to be worn without significant alteration, because clothing made to standard sizes fits most people. They use standard patterns, factory equipment, and faster construction techniques to keep costs low, compared to a custom-sewn version of the same item. Some fashion houses and fashion designers produce mass-produced and industrially manufactured ready-to-wear lines, while others offer garments that, while not unique, are produced in limited numbers.

Definition of off-the-peg in the English dictionary

The definition of off-the-peg in the dictionary is ready to wear; not produced especially for the person buying.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OFF-THE-PEG

off-reserve
off-road
off-roader
off-roading
off-sales
off-screen
off-season
off-site
off-street
off-street parking
off-the-cuff
off-the-job
off-the-job training
off-the-record
off-the-shelf
off-the-shoulder
off-the-wall
off-topic
off-white
off-year election

WORDS THAT END LIKE OFF-THE-PEG

clothes peg
crawling peg
hatpeg
Lake Winnipeg
mumbletypeg
off the peg
peg
repeg
square peg
tent peg
toothy-peg
unpeg
Winnipeg

Synonyms and antonyms of off-the-peg in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «off-the-peg» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OFF-THE-PEG

Find out the translation of off-the-peg to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of off-the-peg from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «off-the-peg» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

关成衣
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

off-the -peg
570 millions of speakers

English

off-the-peg
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

और बंद खूंटी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الملابس الجاهزة -
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

от -а-порте
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

fora - da - peg
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বন্ধ-গোঁজ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

hors -à-porter
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Off-the-peg
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

off-the -peg
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

出来合いの
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

오프 - 더 - 못
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Off-the-peg
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

off-the- peg
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஆப்-த-ஆப்பை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ऑफ-द-पेग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

off-the-peg
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

off - the- peg
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

off-the- peg
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

від - а- порте
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

off-the- PEG
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

off -the - peg
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

off- die - pen
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

off-the - peg
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

off -the -peg
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of off-the-peg

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OFF-THE-PEG»

The term «off-the-peg» is quite widely used and occupies the 23.347 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OFF-THE-PEG» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «off-the-peg» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «off-the-peg» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about off-the-peg

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OFF-THE-PEG»

Discover the use of off-the-peg in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to off-the-peg and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Horrockses Fashions: off-the-peg style in the '40s and '50s
This book tells the story of the iconic label, illustrating its role in the history of the British high street, while exploring the connections between couture and ready-to-wear fashions in the post-war decades.
Christine Boydell, 2010
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GCSE Textiles Technology for OCR
'Off-the-peg' garments are cheaper because they are made to fit standard average sizes, not a particular individual. Alterations may be needed with off-the- peg garments before a perfect fit is achieved. One standard size template can be used ...
Carey Clarkson, Jayne March, Joy Palmer, 2002
3
A Collection of Confusible Phrases
See also: on one s own hook / on the hook. off the peg on the peg off the peg - ( coll) available for immediate purchase and use (also: off the shelf): Shipowners may before long buy vessels 'off the peg' instead of each vessel's being an ...
Yuri Dolgopolov, 2004
4
Sock Loom Basics
Work the wrapped stitch making sure to lift both the stitch and wrap off the peg. Wrap the next stitch being careful to get all loops back on the peg. Continue working all stitches back and forth until the last wrapped stitch on the short side. 10 Knit ...
Leisure Arts, 2011
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I Can't Believe I'm Loom Knitting
Knit the peg lifting the bottom 2 loops over the working yarn and off the peg to create the decrease (Figs. 13a & b, page 20). E-wrap the empty peg clockwise to create the YRP (Fig. 14a, page 22), and bring the yarn to the outside. YRP, LEFT  ...
‎2010
6
Knitting Wheel Fashions
Step 4: Using the tooI, (ift the bottom (oop on the (ast peg wrapped over the top ( oop and off the peg (Fig. 9g). This compIetes the stitch and secures the working yarn. Continue across both sides of the straight whee(. Your first row of knitting is  ...
Leisure Arts, Inc., 2006
7
Loom Knitting for Mommy and Me
Lift the bottom loop over the top loop and off the peg (Fig. 11b). Move the loop from the first peg back to the second peg.Fig. 11a ] Fig. 11b Step 3: Knit or e-wrap knit the next peg.To bind off only a few stitches, repeat Steps 2 and 3 until the ...
Leisure Arts, Kathy Norris, 2012
8
Big Book of Loom Knitting
18f), K2, [skip the next peg, knit the next peg lifting the bottom 2 loops over the working yarn and off the peg. Move the loop just made to the skipped peg. Without knitting it, lift the bottom loop over the top loop and off the peg (2-st decrease ...
Kathy Norris, 2012
9
Translation, Linguistics, Culture: A French-English Handbook
An interesting example is the compound pret-a-porter; the literal meaning is of course 'ready-to-wear', and indeed bilingual dictionaries have the translation ' ready-to-wear', 'off-the-peg' (UK) and 'off-the- rack' (US). However, a look in the ...
Nigel Armstrong, 2005
10
Craft Techniques in Occupational Therapy
Then, lift the stitch which was already on the peg up over the new stitch and off the peg. (6) Taking working off. The work is taken off the frame in essentially the same way as in knitting. It is the same for both the plain and the figure 8 stitches.
United States. Dept. of the Army, 1980

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OFF-THE-PEG»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term off-the-peg is used in the context of the following news items.
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London's Greener, Cleaner Hybrid Buses are Running on Diesel …
The buses each cost £354,000, roughly £50,000 more than an off-the-peg hybrid and more than £100,000 more than the old bendy buses that ... «Breitbart News, Jul 15»
2
Shenmue III Campaign Ends at More than $6m
... will at least be able to save money by using an off-the-peg engine (Unreal Engine 4) and recycled assets from earlier entries in the series. «Den of Geek!, Jul 15»
3
Ladies Day 2015: Step out in style for the North East's most …
Whether you choose to have one specially made or buy off-the-peg, a statement hat or headpiece is the must-have accessory for Ladies Day. «ChronicleLive, Jul 15»
4
Nick Curtis: A famous venue closing is sad - but not a tragedy
If commissioned by Suki herself (it's not an off-the-peg name, and she's not an off-the-peg-pants kind of girl) it suggests levels of uncertainty or ... «Evening Standard, Jul 15»
5
Stirling prize 2015 shortlist highlights UK's desperate housing crisis
... was a fan of Mies van der Rohe – an influence evident in the sleek covered walkway, ingeniously fashioned from off-the-peg bus-stops. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
6
'Off the peg' solution to 50% recycling
Might it be time instead to focus on more 'off-the-peg' solutions? The first step towards off-the-peg recycling would come in the form ... «letsrecycle.com, Jul 15»
7
KitSound Upstage review | TrustedReviews
Manufacturers of budget soundbars usually throw in a low-quality, off-the-peg remote as an afterthought, but not KitSound. Its bespoke remote ... «TrustedReviews, Jul 15»
8
Bride devastated when shop she ordered dress from closed two …
The shop on Belmont Road specialises in off-the-peg, designer dresses aimed at those on a budget or those who have little preparation time. «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»
9
Which was the best decade to be a man?
Yuppies presented to the world a new version of maleness that deserved all the derision it got: off-the-peg stripey shirts, loud ties and red ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
10
Bespoke in Beijing: Where to Get Custom Clothes and Accessories
Limited-edition off-the-peg hats start at ¥550 ($88); custom creations start at ¥3,000 ($483) and can be turned around in three days following ... «Condé Nast Traveler, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
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