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tuxedo

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tux·e·do  (tk-sd)
n. pl. tux·e·dos or tux·e·does
1. A man's dress jacket, usually black with satin or grosgrain lapels, worn for formal or semiformal occasions. Also called dinner jacket.
2. A complete outfit including this jacket, trousers usually with a silken stripe down the side, a bow tie, and often a cummerbund.

[Short for Tuxedo coat, after a country club at Tuxedo Park, a village of southeast New York.]

tux·edoed adj.

tuxedo [tʌkˈsiːdəʊ]
n pl -dos
(Clothing & Fashion) the usual US and Canadian name for dinner jacket, often shortened to tux
[named after a country club in Tuxedo Park, New York]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.tuxedotuxedo - semiformal evening dress for men    
evening clothes, evening dress, eveningwear, formalwear - attire to wear on formal occasions in the evening
Translations
tuxedo [tʌkˈsiːdəʊ] tux [ˈtʌks] N (esp US) → smoking m, esmoquin m

tuxedo [tʌkˈsiːdəʊ] n (US)smoking m

tuxedo [tʌkˈsiːdəʊ] n (Am) → smoking m inv
tuxedo [tʌkˈsiːdəʊ] n (Am) → smoking m inv

tuxedo بذلة غامقة اللون للرجال smoking smoking Smoking σμόκιν esmoquin smokki smoking smoking smoking タキシード 턱시도 smoking smoking smoking smoking смокинг smoking ชุดทักซิโด้ smokin áo tuxedo 男士晚礼服


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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.
 
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