# Mr. Trabb — Great Expectations character guide

> Mr. Trabb in Great Expectations by Charles Dickens.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Trabb

**First appearance:** 0019-xx

## Who they are

Pompous tailor in Pip's hometown who makes Pip's gentleman's clothes.

## In the story

### [XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/great_expectations_se/chapters/xix)

Mr. Trabb is obsequious and eager to serve Pip once he learns of Pip's new wealth, measuring him for a fashionable suit.

### [XXVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/great_expectations_se/chapters/xxviii)

Referenced in Pip's thoughts about Trabb's boy and the tailor's shop.

### [Pip's Return to the Blue Boar and Revelations with Herbert](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/great_expectations_se/chapters/xxx)

Trabb's boy mocks Pip in the street, causing Pip humiliation and frustration.

### [LIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/great_expectations_se/chapters/liii)

His boy helps in the rescue; Pip later gives him two guineas.

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