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Definition of tuxedo in English: tuxedonounPlural tuxedos, Plural tuxedoes tʌkˈsiːdəʊtəkˈsidoʊ North American 1A man's dinner jacket. Example sentencesExamples - There were lots of blonde women in posh frocks and expensive-looking high heels and guys in dinner jackets or tuxedos or whatever you call them.
- 1.1 A suit of formal evening clothes including a tuxedo.
Example sentencesExamples - They had obviously been at a school formal or something like that, because they were wearing tuxedos and evening dresses.
- He was wearing a black tuxedo with a tie.
- On two ‘formal nights,’ some men wear tuxedos but most favor suits or sports coats with slacks.
- He was wearing a black tuxedo with a tie, and gold cufflinks to match the dance floor.
- He had already bought their tickets and rented a tuxedo and a limo.
- Gerald wore typical male attire of a tuxedo with a bow tie.
- He wore a black tuxedo, ready for another King's Club party.
- He was facing the mirror fixing a black tie on his white tuxedo.
- She walked up to me and straightened the already straight collar of my tuxedo jacket.
- I need to find a place to rent a tuxedo this week in London.
- Likewise, suits are worn by both men and women in most places of business, and tuxedos and evening gowns are worn at formal affairs
- Jeff was dressed in a rented tuxedo, while Debbie was very pretty in a pale yellow dress.
- On one pair, she added a velvet ribbon sewn down the legs to imitate tuxedo pants.
- The tuxedo jacket was gone, leaving just the damp cotton of his dress shirt.
- Shrugging, he picked up one of the frilly tuxedo shirts and held it up to himself.
- He numbly donned his tuxedo and then got the rest of himself ready.
- Resplendent in a white tuxedo, Mark returned from the punch bowl bearing refreshments.
- Always eccentric, Dietrich put on trousers, tuxedos and men's suits long before other women dared.
- Again, I single these nice boys out for wearing nice, traditional, classy tuxedoes.
- For this, I had to rent a tuxedo even though I already own two.
Derivatives adjective North American Gowned and tuxedoed patrons fill the halls to get a preview of the new ‘Riches of India ‘exhibit.’ Example sentencesExamples - On the 10th December the anniversary of the death of Alfred Nobel, two thousand dignitaries, tuxedoed and gowned, gather in the Stockholm Concert Hall.
- The two fighters prepare to square off, as a tuxedoed ring announcer shouts into a microphone: ‘Ladies and gentlemen!’
- The earliest print included, Midsummer's Night Mare, pictures a tuxedoed Dali, his hands on a sheep, as host to a hallucinatory gathering in a nocturnal forest.
- The 1929 Chicago Book of Achievement published a photograph of Smith, seated, dressed in a tuxedo with a baton resting on his lap, surrounded by thirteen tuxedoed men, all carefully posed, instruments in hand.
Origin Late 19th century: from Tuxedo Park, the site of a country club in New York, where it was first worn. Rhymes aikido, bushido, credo, Guido, Ido, libido, lido, speedo, teredo, torpedo Definition of tuxedo in US English: tuxedonountəkˈsēdōtəkˈsidoʊ North American 1A man's dinner jacket. Example sentencesExamples - There were lots of blonde women in posh frocks and expensive-looking high heels and guys in dinner jackets or tuxedos or whatever you call them.
- 1.1 A suit of formal evening clothes including a tuxedo.
Example sentencesExamples - Gerald wore typical male attire of a tuxedo with a bow tie.
- He had already bought their tickets and rented a tuxedo and a limo.
- Jeff was dressed in a rented tuxedo, while Debbie was very pretty in a pale yellow dress.
- They had obviously been at a school formal or something like that, because they were wearing tuxedos and evening dresses.
- The tuxedo jacket was gone, leaving just the damp cotton of his dress shirt.
- He numbly donned his tuxedo and then got the rest of himself ready.
- Likewise, suits are worn by both men and women in most places of business, and tuxedos and evening gowns are worn at formal affairs
- He was wearing a black tuxedo with a tie, and gold cufflinks to match the dance floor.
- Always eccentric, Dietrich put on trousers, tuxedos and men's suits long before other women dared.
- For this, I had to rent a tuxedo even though I already own two.
- On two ‘formal nights,’ some men wear tuxedos but most favor suits or sports coats with slacks.
- I need to find a place to rent a tuxedo this week in London.
- Resplendent in a white tuxedo, Mark returned from the punch bowl bearing refreshments.
- He wore a black tuxedo, ready for another King's Club party.
- On one pair, she added a velvet ribbon sewn down the legs to imitate tuxedo pants.
- She walked up to me and straightened the already straight collar of my tuxedo jacket.
- Again, I single these nice boys out for wearing nice, traditional, classy tuxedoes.
- He was facing the mirror fixing a black tie on his white tuxedo.
- He was wearing a black tuxedo with a tie.
- Shrugging, he picked up one of the frilly tuxedo shirts and held it up to himself.
Origin Late 19th century: from Tuxedo Park, the site of a country club in New York, where it was first worn. |