Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A man's dress jacket, usually black with satin or grosgrain lapels, worn for formal or semiformal occasions.
- noun A complete outfit including this jacket, trousers usually with a silken stripe down the side, a bow tie, and often a cummerbund.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
Tuxedo coat .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun United States A kind of black jacket for semiformal evening dress made without tails, usually of black or dark blue color and having satin or grosgrain facing on the lapels; -- so named after a fashionable country club at Tuxedo Park, New York.
- noun The complete semiformal evening suit, including the tuxedo jacket, matching trousers, and black bow tie, and usually including a cummerbund; -- the style of shirt worn with this suit varies, and the outfit may include a dickey.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A typically
black formal jacket worn by men - noun The entire
suit complementing and including this jacket
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun semiformal evening dress for men
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Of course, these days practically everyone uses the term tuxedo, both in the U.S. and across the pond.
Off With Their Coattails Jamie Johnson 2011
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Curiously, few even know what the word "tuxedo" means anymore.
Off With Their Coattails Jamie Johnson 2011
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And the miracles we hope and believe are just about to occur: Graham the pit bull; Rocky the beagle; a 3-month-old and cuter than should be legal American bulldog named Hazel; 7-year-old yellow lab sisters Stella and Fuoco; brother white bunnies with black ears and noses, Charlie and Oliver; a gorgeous green-eyed, long-haired red tabby named Janis; a calico kitty unimaginatively named Kitty but, hey, you can change the name; and a remarkable number of black-and-white or what we call tuxedo cats of all sizes and ages.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Ken White 2012
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And the miracles we hope and believe are just about to occur: Graham the pit bull; Rocky the beagle; a 3-month-old and cuter than should be legal American bulldog named Hazel; 7-year-old yellow lab sisters Stella and Fuoco; brother white bunnies with black ears and noses, Charlie and Oliver; a gorgeous green-eyed, long-haired red tabby named Janis; a calico kitty unimaginatively named Kitty but, hey, you can change the name; and a remarkable number of black-and-white or what we call tuxedo cats of all sizes and ages.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Ken White 2012
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Ford previously told its dealers it stopped taking orders for F-150 pick up trucks and other models in the color it calls "tuxedo black."
Pigment Shortage Hits Auto Makers Neal E. Boudette 2011
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But "let me be clear" a pig in a tuxedo, is still a pig no matter how hard you squint.
President's Science Advisor Talks About NASA - NASA Watch 2009
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The first time I heard Intelligent Design, even as a Christian, I thought along the lines of "creationism in tuxedo".
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The male members of the club followed his example, and the style soon spread to New York City, where it was dubbed the "tuxedo."
The Seattle Times 2011
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But significant questions linger, like when and where the coat was truly born, or even why it's called the tuxedo.
Off With Their Coattails Jamie Johnson 2011
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The first gentleman misinterpreted and told all of his friends that he saw a man wearing a jacket without coattails called a tuxedo, not from Tuxedo.
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