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Noun: tuxedo (tuxedos,tuxedoes)  ,túk'see-dow
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: dinner jacket)
  1. A formal jacket, typically black or dark blue, worn as part of evening attire for men
    "He rented a tuxedo for the black-tie gala";
    - dinner jacket [Brit, Cdn], tux [N. Amer, informal], black tie

Derived forms: tuxedos, tuxedoes

Type of: evening clothes, evening dress, eveningwear, formalwear

Encyclopedia: Tuxedo, North Carolina