tuxn.
/tʌks/, U.S. /təks/ U.S. colloquial.
= tuxedo n.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > jacket > without tails
dinner jacket1852
dinner coat1856
mess jacket1863
tuxedo1889
smoking1922
tux1922
DJ1967
1922 S. Lewis Babbitt i. 11 Everyone knows I can put on as expensive a Tux. as anybody else.
1951 W. C. Williams Autobiogr. xii. 61 I agreed to take her to a dance and showed up in a tux.
1974 K. Millett Flying (1975) iii. 322 Daddy doing his tux. First the black tie. Next the studs.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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