Tailor

·noun The Goldfish.

II. Tailor ·noun The Silversides.

III. Tailor ·noun The mattowacca;

— called also tailor herring.

IV. Tailor ·vi To practice making men's clothes; to follow the business of a tailor.

V. Tailor ·noun One whose occupation is to cut out and make men's garments; also, one who cuts out and makes ladies' outer garments.

tailor
n. name given in New South Wales to the fish Temnodon saltator, Cuv. and Val. It is called Skipjack...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
Tailor-made
·add. ·adj Made by a tailor or according to a tailor's fashion; — said specif. of women's garments ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
gunner's tailor
An old rating for the man who made the cartridge-bags. ...

The Sailor's Word-Book