dinner jacket
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of dinner jacket
First recorded in 1890–95
Example Sentences
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One middle-aged American man wore a cream dinner jacket to be desecrated as a souvenir.
From BBC • Sep. 24, 2025
Henry Poole, credited with creating the dinner jacket, or tuxedo, has held a British royal warrant since the 1860s when it supplied Queen Victoria.
From Reuters • May 2, 2023
The groom donned a black tuxedo by Ralph Lauren for the ceremony then changed into a custom-made, black and gold dinner jacket for the reception.
From New York Times • May 27, 2022
Just minutes into the show, host Gary Collins pulled an envelope from his burgundy dinner jacket: the names of the 10 finalists.
From Washington Post • Aug. 20, 2021
Pat, radiant in a ballerina-length accordion-pleated gown, stood before the makeshift altar adorned with evergreens and gladioli and said “I do” to Walter, dashing in a white dinner jacket.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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