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noun, plural tux·e·dos. 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 1890–95, Americanism ; short for Tuxedo coat, after country club at Tuxedo Park, N.Y.
OTHER WORDS FROM tuxedo tux·e·doed, adjective Words nearby tuxedo Tuvalu, Tuvaluan, Tuva Republic, tu-whit tu-whoo, tux, tuxedo , tuxedo sofa, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, tuyère, Tuz, Tuzla
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Example sentences from the Web for tuxedo A festival flack asked me to move, so that an Italian gentleman in a tuxedo could take my seat.
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His tuxedo was an inch too short and smelled of fried chips.
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And Robert Cáceres, 32, says he lost $60 on a Vera Wang tuxedo he tried to buy on Craigslist.
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The tuxedo , Monáe explains, symbolizes control to her: “Superheroes wear the same thing every day, too.”
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The Pote finished his dishwashing and joined us, pulling on an old Tuxedo jacket.
The Trail of '98 | Robert W. Service
More than once, Vanbrugh felt again the strong impulse to which he had almost yielded at Tuxedo .
Marion Darche | F. Marion Crawford
I'd ask you to come and have a cup of tea with us, but we are off to Tuxedo .
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If you hadn't been ill you would have gone to Tuxedo , and I should have seen you there.
The Green Mouse | Robert W. Chambers
Thus, if you are not sure whether to put on your dress suit or your Tuxedo , wear the latter.
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British Dictionary definitions for tuxedo noun plural -dos the usual US and Canadian name for dinner jacket Often shortened to: tux
Word Origin for tuxedo C19: named after a country club in Tuxedo Park , New York
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