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    Thy gown? Why, ay--come, tailor, let us see't.
    O mercy, God, what masquing stuff is there?
    What's this, a sleeve? 'Tis like a demi-cannon.
    What, up and down carved like an apple tart?
    Here's snip and nip and cut and slish and slash,
    Like to a censer in a barber's shop.
    Why, what's a devil's name, tailor, call'st thou this?

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Great is the Tailor, but not the greatest.

Great is the Tailor, but not the greatest.

by Thomas Carlyle Found in: Tailors Quotes,
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'Twas when young Eustace wore his heart in's breeches.

'Twas when young Eustace wore his heart in's breeches.

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It takes nine tailors to make a man.
[Fr., Il faut neuf tailleurs pour faire un homme.]

It takes nine tailors to make a man.
[Fr., Il faut neuf tailleurs pour faire un homme.]

by John Heywood Found in: Tailors Quotes,
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Th' embroider'd suit at least he deem'd his prey;
That suit an unpaid tailor snatched away.

Th' embroider'd suit at least he deem'd his prey;
That suit an unpaid tailor snatched away.

by Alexander Pope Found in: Tailors Quotes,
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A tailor, though a man of upright dealing,--
True but for lying,--honest but for stealing,--
Did fall read more

A tailor, though a man of upright dealing,--
True but for lying,--honest but for stealing,--
Did fall one day extremely sick by chance
And on the sudden was in wondrous trance.

by Sir John Harrington Found in: Tailors Quotes,
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What a fine man
Hath your tailor made you!

What a fine man
Hath your tailor made you!

by Philip Massinger Found in: Tailors Quotes,
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(Cornwall:) Thou art a strange fellow. A tailor make a man?
(Kent:) A tailor, sir. A stonecutter or a read more

(Cornwall:) Thou art a strange fellow. A tailor make a man?
(Kent:) A tailor, sir. A stonecutter or a painter could not
have made him ill, though they had been but two years o' th'
trade.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Tailors Quotes,
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King Stephen was a worthy peere,
His breeches cost him but a crowne;
He held them sixpence read more

King Stephen was a worthy peere,
His breeches cost him but a crowne;
He held them sixpence all too deere,
Therefore he call'd the taylor lowne.

by Thomas Percy Found in: Tailors Quotes,
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One commending a Tayler for his dexteritie in his profession,
another standing by ratified his opinion, saying tailors had read more

One commending a Tayler for his dexteritie in his profession,
another standing by ratified his opinion, saying tailors had
their business at their fingers' ends.
- William Hazlitt,

by William Hazlitt Found in: Tailors Quotes,
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