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tuxedo orig. and chiefly U.S.|tʌkˈsiːdəʊ|
Also Tuxedo.
[Named from Tuxedo Park, N.Y., where the jacket was first introduced at the country club in 1886.]
1. In full tuxedo coat, tuxedo jacket. A short jacket without tails, for formal wear; a dinner-jacket.
1889Sartorial Art Jrnl. Aug. 18/1 The low-roll, silk⁓faced sack, variously called the ‘Cowes’ coat, the ‘Tuxedo’ coat, and the Dress Sack, is undoubtedly popular. Ibid. Dec. 97/1 The ‘Tuxedo’ or dress sack is steadily growing in favor for dress negligee purposes. 1900Ade Fables in Slang 130 A jimmy little tuxedo. 1925H. L. Foster Trop. Tramp with Tourists 333 Dress coats and tuxedo jackets were removed. 1931Times Lit. Suppl. 12 Nov. 888/4 Bert..is to pose in public as a successful lover,..in the traditional Tuxedo, with the ribbon of the Garter pinned across his bosom as a Right Honourable. a1944K. Douglas Alamein to Zem Zem (1946) vi. 47 Beneath the oil stains their white tuxedos and seductive dresses shone. 1950J. Vedey Band Leaders p. xiii, The budding maestro must make up his mind whether he will present his band in orthodox tuxedos or in some distinctive style of uniform. 1971‘A. Burgess’ MF viii. 93 He was in a white tuxedo with black floppy tie.
2. Special combinations. † tuxedo net, a kind of net veiling (obs.); tuxedo sofa, a sofa of a style having back and arms the same height; also tuxedo-style sofa; tuxedo (trade) unionism (see quot. 1965).
1895Montgomery Ward Catal. Spring & Summer 79/1 Black silk tuxedo net veiling, 13 inches wide. c1900in Amer. Mail Order Fashions (1961) 19, 28 in. tuxedo net. Entirely new pattern in black, white and navy. 1961Webster, tuxedo sofa. 1965Economist 6 Feb. 537/2 Critics accuse him of having become aloof from the rank and file of his union and of practising what they call ‘tuxedo trade unionism’... As a ‘labour statesman’ he associates freely with leading officials in both the government and the steel companies. 1965Amer. Home Mar. 43/1 (caption) Curved Tuxedo sofa..illustrates the graceful, softer look for 1965 Modern. 1972N.Y. Times 29 Oct. 85/5 (Advt.), Tuxedo-style sofa. 1977Time 17 Jan. 48/2 Sadlowski calls McBride's style ‘tuxedo unionism’. 1977Chicago Tribune 2 Oct. i. 45 (Advt.), An elegant and timeless tuxedo sofa with loose pillows and arm bolsters in a rich champagne beige velvet.
Hence tuˈxedoed a., wearing a tuxedo.
1934J. T. Farrell Young Manhood Studs Lonigan xviii. 284 They..passed the tuxedoed orchestra, which was playing wildly on a dais. 1973E. McGirr Bardel's Murder ii. 45 Near him was Jack Prat, tuxedoed, urbane. |