Grocott & Ward, comps. Grocott’s Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?.
Tailor
Thou liest, thou thread, thou thimble!
Away thou rag, thou quantity, thou remnant!
Shakespeare.—Taming of the Shrew, Act IV. Scene 3. (Petruchio to the Tailor.)
No error near his shop-board lurk’d;
He knew the folks for whom he work’d;
Still to their size he aim’d his skill:
Else, prithee, who would pay his bill?
Prior.—Alma, Canto I. Line 182.
Never trust a tailor that does not sing at his work.
Beaumont and Fletcher.—Knight of the Burning Pestle, Act II. Scene 8.