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black tie

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black tie
n.
1. A black bow tie worn with a tuxedo.
2. Semiformal evening wear typically for men, usually requiring a tuxedo.

black-tie (blkt) adj.

black tie
n
1. (Clothing & Fashion) a black bow tie worn with a dinner jacket
2. (modifier) denoting an occasion when a dinner jacket should be worn Compare white tie
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.black tieblack tie - semiformal evening dress for men    
evening clothes, evening dress, eveningwear, formalwear - attire to wear on formal occasions in the evening
2.black tie - a black bow tie worn with a dinner jacket
bow tie, bow-tie, bowtie - a man's tie that ties in a bow
Translations
black tie n "black tie" (on invitations) → "abito scuro"
black tie n "black tie" (on invitations) → "abito scuro"


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As a young admirer had once said of him: "If anybody can tell a fellow just when to wear a black tie with evening clothes and when not to, it's Larry Lefferts.
He had removed all traces of his journey, and was attired in a Tuxedo dinner coat, a soft-fronted shirt, and a neatly arranged black tie.
Bradley Headstone, in his decent black coat and waistcoat, and decent white shirt, and decent formal black tie, and decent pantaloons of pepper and salt, with his decent silver watch in his pocket and its decent hair-guard round his neck, looked a thoroughly decent young man of six-and-twenty.
 
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