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Ready-made

noun

A manufactured artifact (as a garment or piece of furniture) that is made in advance and available for purchase.

adjective

Made for purchase and immediate use.

Repeated regularly without thought or originality. Synonym: cliched.

Commercially produced; not homemade.

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"Ready-made" Quotes from Famous Books

... distributive state as the happiest political condition to be found in the Christian era. He sees no safe solution of present problems which does not involve a return to that state. But he does not indulge in the foolish exercise of elaborating a ready-made scheme by which the distributive state may be reinstituted. He is too much of an historian, too practical a reformer, to be ...

— Hilaire Belloc - The Man and His Work • C. Creighton Mandell

... thought for a moment, and answered: "In a couple of hours you can have all your want; good clothes ready-made, warm and neat, with good clean linen for all the family: two little beds for the children, and one for the grandmother—in short, all that is necessary; but it will cost ...

— The Mysteries of Paris V2 • Eugene Sue

... of three or more thick logs, on the top of which I shall fix a flagstaff with a pulley block for the flag. The flag is to be flown at least 42 feet from the ground. I shall guard the landmark thus erected until the river freezes. For this purpose Herr Kolesoff has provided me with a ready-made flag, a pulley block and a line. And when the nights become dark I shall light two or three large fires or hang up lanterns on the landmark itself, so that these fires or lanterns may be ...

— The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II • A.E. Nordenskieold

... which was re-satined, that is, re-polished, by a species of oil distilled from the wig. In the days of its youth the waistcoat was not, of course, without freshness, but it was one of those waistcoats, bought for four francs, which come from the hooks of the ready-made clothing dealer. All these things were carefully brushed, and so was the shiny and misshapen hat. They harmonized with each other, even to the black gloves which covered the hands of this subaltern Mephistopheles, whose whole anterior life ...

— The Lesser Bourgeoisie • Honore de Balzac

... I certainly feel as if I could peck a bit of something if I had the chance. But come, there's no time for talking. There's a ready-made fort for us, and the next thing is to get the ponies into cover. I say, I was right! I knew that the enemy would stick doggedly to our trail ...

— A Dash from Diamond City • George Manville Fenn

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