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white-tie

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white tie
n.
1. A white bow tie worn as a part of men's formal evening dress.
2. Men's formal evening dress.

white-tie (hwtt, wt-) adj.
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Adj.1.white-tie - requiring white ties and tailcoats for menwhite-tie - requiring white ties and tailcoats for men; "a white-tie occasion"
formal - being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress); "pay one's formal respects"; "formal dress"; "a formal ball"; "the requirement was only formal and often ignored"; "a formal education"
Translations
white-tie [ˈwaɪtˌtaɪ] ADJde etiqueta
a white-tie dinneruna cena de etiqueta
see also white C


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