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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Tom Tailor.
 
A tailor.   1
        “‘We rend our hearts, and not our garments.’—‘The better for yourselves, and the worse for Tom Taylor,’ said the baron.”—Sir W. Scott: The Monastery, chap. xxv.
 


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