dinner jacket

American

noun

tuxedo.

dinner jacket British

noun

Abbreviations: DJ, dj. US and Canadian name: tuxedo. a man's semiformal evening jacket without tails, usually black with a silk facing over the collar and lapels

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Etymology

Origin of dinner jacket

First recorded in 1890–95

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dinner jacket

Appleton first attended Ms Friel's home address towards the end of 2023 dressed in a dinner jacket and inviting her to come to a ball with him.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 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

Another of his men walked in a watery white dinner jacket.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 14, 2022

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

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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