dinner jacket

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One middle-aged American man wore a cream dinner jacket to be desecrated as a souvenir.

From BBC • Sep. 24, 2025

Henry Poole, credited with creating the dinner jacket, or tuxedo, has held a British royal warrant since the 1860s when it supplied Queen Victoria.

From Reuters • May 2, 2023

Another of his men walked in a watery white dinner jacket.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 14, 2022

The groom donned a black tuxedo by Ralph Lauren for the ceremony then changed into a custom-made, black and gold dinner jacket for the reception.

From New York Times • May 27, 2022

I didn’t want them to see me in my dinner jacket, for some reason.

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger