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tuxedo
[ tuhk-see-doh ]
noun
- 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.
tuxedo
/ tʌkˈsiːdəʊ /
Other Words From
- tux·edoed adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of tuxedo1
Word History and Origins
Origin of tuxedo1
Example Sentences
It wasn’t that he looked more like he belonged in a steel cage match than wearing a tuxedo and driving an Aston Martin.
I have a little dream that at the next big blowout party, I’ll wear a beautiful tuxedo.
They include what to do about his mail, home security and beloved tuxedo cat, Abbie.
Eizenstat found Carter in his tuxedo that night, preparing to attend a state dinner with British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
Get your own tailored tuxedo blazer to traipse around town in.
A festival flack asked me to move, so that an Italian gentleman in a tuxedo could take my seat.
His tuxedo was an inch too short and smelled of fried chips.
So, can the Canadian tuxedo be blamed for the Britney-Justin love downfall?
And Robert Cáceres, 32, says he lost $60 on a Vera Wang tuxedo he tried to buy on Craigslist.
Suppose you have had one of your old coats transformed into a Tuxedo.
Remember that a Tuxedo dinner coat has not to be of a certain material.
Kingdon, quite resplendent in the glory of his first Tuxedo jacket, also looked admiringly at his pretty sister.
"Now that we know who was selling us to the Tuxedo people, we can protect ourselves hereafter," declared Mr. Wheatcroft.
The small bag he had carried must have been well packed, for Billy had blossomed out in a tuxedo and long trousers.
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