tuxedo
Also called dinner jacket. a man's jacket for semiformal evening dress, traditionally of black or dark-blue color and characteristically having satin or grosgrain facing on the lapels.
the complete semiformal outfit, including this jacket, dark trousers, often with silk stripes down the sides, a bow tie, and usually a cummerbund.
Origin of tuxedo
1Other words from tuxedo
- tux·e·doed, adjective
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How to use tuxedo in a sentence
Business suits were so alien to her that she called them tuxedos.
The Only Non-White Juror in the George Zimmerman Trial | Lisa Bloom | February 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWe were all in our prom gowns and tuxedos, and I laughed my face off.
‘She’s All That' 15th Anniversary: Cast and Crew Reminisce About the Making of the ‘90s Classic | Marlow Stern | January 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTEvery guest is outfitted in exquisite ball gowns and tuxedos.
‘Sound of Music Live!’ Review: The Hills Are Barely Alive | Kevin Fallon | December 6, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTMen in tuxedos and women in bright jewel-tone dresses crowded in thickets of intense conversation.
And can you imagine a television show dedicated to watching guys try on tuxedos?
David McCullough at Wellesley Commencement: ‘You Are Not Special’ (Video) | The Daily Beast | June 9, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
When we'd set there an hour and was saturated with tea, the Wife says it was time to go up and change into our Tuxedos.
Gullible's Travels, Etc. | Ring W. LardnerSack overcoats, rain-coats and Tuxedos, are pressed in the same way.
The Copeland Method | Vanness CopelandSo I went down into my trunks, and disinterred four dress suits and three Tuxedos, together with all the appurtenances thereto.
The Range Dwellers | B. M. BowerThe men wore tuxedos and the women wore party gowns, high-necked, of course, on account of its being a church affair.
A Circuit Rider's Wife | Corra HarrisMany of the guests were dressed in tuxedos, others in sport shirts and slacks.
Occasion for Disaster | Gordon Randall Garrett
British Dictionary definitions for tuxedo
/ (tʌkˈsiːdəʊ) /
Origin of tuxedo
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