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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread bespoke (for our English correspondents #16269 01/21/01 03:58 PM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC TEd Remington OP Carpal Tunnel OP TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC In a novel I was reading yesterday I found the following: "He wore an English bespoke suit." The OED says that bespoken has a meaning of "ordered". Do I assume correctly that bespoke suit mean one that is tailored as opposed to off-the-rack? TEd Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted bespoke (for our English correspondents TEd Remington 01/21/01 03:58 PM Re: bespoke (for our English correspondents Capital Kiwi 01/21/01 04:51 PM Re: bespoke (for our English correspondents tsuwm 01/21/01 05:07 PM Re: bespoke (for our English correspondents FishonaBike 01/23/01 08:45 PM Re: Geschwister - why not? Max Quordlepleen 01/23/01 08:53 PM Re: Shona, you snake Faldage 01/23/01 08:54 PM Happy 4699 wow 01/23/01 10:06 PM Re: Happy 4699 tsuwm 01/23/01 10:11 PM Re: Happy 4699 jmh 01/24/01 09:02 AM Re: Happy 4699 of troy 01/24/01 04:18 PM Re: Happy 4699 Max Quordlepleen 01/24/01 04:58 PM Re: Happy 4699 Hyla 01/23/01 11:03 PM Re: Happy 4699 AnnaStrophic 01/24/01 02:29 AM Re: Happy 4699 tsuwm 01/24/01 03:02 AM Re: Happy New Year AnnaStrophic 01/24/01 02:32 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts229,990 Members9,198 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members testawad, Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish 9,198 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 696 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 26 A C Bowden 18 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,956 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,953 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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