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WOTD  
Word of the Day - for Toastmasters everywhere
Tuesday 16th January 2024
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bespoke (adjective) bi-SPOKE



Specially tailored or custom-made to the customer's requirements or measurements.

He'd come straight from work, and he wore his best bespoke Burton's suit, a yellow waistcoat with a watch on a chain (a present from Mum), and a striped tie in pink and blue with a knot as fat as a bar of soap.

Hanif Kureshi, The Buddha of Suburbia. Amazon

The baker's shop was no longer there but had been replaced by a bespoke tailor who traded under the name of Jacob Cohen.

Jeffrey Archer, As the Crow Flies. Amazon

My aunt took so kindly to the notion, that some ready-made clothes, which were purchased for me that afternoon, were marked 'Trotwood Copperfield', in her own handwriting, and in indelible marking-ink, before I put them on; and it was settled that all the other clothes which were ordered to be made for me (a complete outfit was bespoke that afternoon) should be marked in the same way.

Charles Dickens, David Copperfield. Amazon

One of my emotions is pure envy: this is a market segment with yacht-sized bonuses to spend - the most expensive bespoke bike, at about £5,000, is almost loose change in this world.

Matt Seaton, The Guardian, 24 May 2007. Guardian

Somewhere in the long grass, which rises in clumps like a castle keep, are more Royal Bengal tigers per square kilometre than in any other stretch of jungle in the world - broken down into their constituent parts, each is worth as much as a bespoke Italian racing car.

Adrian Levy and Cathy Scott-Clark, The Guardian, 5 May 2007. Guardian




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