tuxedo
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3.0
- noun
- /tʌkˈsiːdoʊ/
- US
:
esmoquin
- A grand marshal is dressed to the nines, traditionally wearing a tuxedo and white gloves.
- wear a tuxedo
Maybe you want to do suits and tuxedos for say, big guys.
- Maybe you want to do suits and tuxedos for say, big guys.
- It's your fucking head, which we've seen, and a black tuxedo, which we've all seen.
- If I wanted to make a custom tuxedo, how much do you think that costs?
- We do black tie parties now, like tuxedo events.
- Big hotel ballroom, you know, like white tablecloths, fine China, tuxedos, chandeliers.
- And we both just beeline for the door in our tuxedos.
- Were you wearing like a tuxedo and stuff like that?
- I mean, they had tuxedos and beautiful gowns on stuff like that.
Examples
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How much does a new tuxedo cost?
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Next time I'll rent a tuxedo.
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We do black tie parties now, like tuxedo events.
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When I see a man in a tuxedo with two glasses in his hand...
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But he was dressed in a tuxedo.
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The skinny man in the tuxedo showed him to a room that was to be his alone.
Fiction book (1990) -
I woke up that morning, put on my tuxedo, and got in my Buick.
Fiction book (1995) -
The orchestra members wore black suits or tuxedos and black bow ties.
Academic text (1998) -
In this performance, the singers remove their tuxedo jackets at the midway point to effect a small costume change.
Academic text (2015) -
He wore a tuxedo to the wedding, looking very elegant.
Synonyms
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3.7
A man's formal black jacket and matching trousers worn for evening events
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3.1
A dark jacket worn by men at formal evening events
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3.6
Clothes for special events in the evening, like suits or long dresses
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3.8
Clothes worn for formal evening events, like a suit or long dress
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3.5
A formal men's outfit with a tailcoat and trousers for evening events
Formal clothes that men wear for special occasions like a suit or tuxedo
Compounds
How Formal
Surface Forms
Etymology
Tuxedo is named after Tuxedo Park, a fashionable community near New York where, in the late 1800s, men first wore a new short evening jacket to parties. A helpful way to remember it is that the place name became the name of the jacket, so today a tuxedo means a man's formal evening 'suit' or 'jacket' worn with a bow tie.