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off-the-peg

off-the-peg
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [awf, of stressed th ee peg]
    • /ɔf, ɒf stressed ði pɛg/
    • /ɒf ðə peɡ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [awf, of stressed th ee peg]
    • /ɔf, ɒf stressed ði pɛg/

Definitions of off-the-peg word

  • adjective off-the-peg ready-to-wear. 1
  • phrase off-the-peg Off-the-peg clothes are made in large numbers and sent to shops, not made specially for a particular person. 0
  • adjective off-the-peg (of clothing) ready to wear; not produced esp for the person buying 0
  • noun off-the-peg (of clothes) ready to wear, as opposed to tailor-made 0
  • adjective off-the-peg ready-made; off-the-shelf; not custom-made 0
  • noun off-the-peg ready-made 0

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Origin of off-the-peg

First appearance:

before 1875
One of the 25% newest English words
First recorded in 1875-80

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Parts of speech for Off-the-peg

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

off-the-peg popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 2% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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