tailor, n. — Green’s Dictionary of Slang

tailor n.

(US prison/Aus.) a factory-made cigarette, whether prison-issue or commercially produced.

1943		North. Times (Carnarvon, WA) 24 Sept. 2/6: Tailors: Machine Made Cigarettes.
1965		W. Dick Bunch of Ratbags 74: But you only smoke tailor’s anyhow.
1992		Bentley & Corbett Prison Sl. 66: Tailor and TM’s A manufactured cigarette, whether it is a name brand or generic.
2002		J. Lerner You Got Nothing Coming 129: ‘Wanna tailor, O.G.?’ [...] I accept a Marlboro from his crumpled pack.

tailor’s helper (n.)

(US tramp) a vicious dog.

1930

‘Dean Stiff’ Milk and Honey Route 200: Bone polisher – A vicious dog. Also called a tailor’s helper.

tailor’s ragout (n.) [? its popularity with tailors; they could not afford a proper meat ragout]

bread soaked in the dressing in which cucumbers have stood.

1785, 1788, 1796		Grose Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue .
1811		Lex. Balatronicum.