English Explanatory Dictionary

Tooley Street tailor

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A self-important, vainglorious person.

Word forms

Tooley Street tailor Tooley Street tailors

Etymology

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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