Tooley Street tailor

noun

A self-important, vainglorious person.

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Meanings

nounTooley Street tailor (plural Tooley Street tailors)

plural Tooley Street tailors

  1. UKarchaicslangA self-important, vainglorious person.

Origin

The "three tailors of Tooley Street" are said to have immortalized themselves by preparing a petition for Parliament bearing only their own signatures, which began, "We, the people of England..."

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Tooley Street tailor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tooley%20Street%20tailor

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“Tooley Street tailor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tooley%20Street%20tailor. Accessed November 5, 2026.

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Tooley Street tailor,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tooley%20Street%20tailor.

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