dinner jacket

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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

For his encore, Sir Elton appeared in his third outfit - a long black dinner jacket with pink patterned lapel, completed with a pair of pink and black heart-shaped glasses.

From BBC • Jun. 16, 2022

Just minutes into the show, host Gary Collins pulled an envelope from his burgundy dinner jacket: the names of the 10 finalists.

From Washington Post • Aug. 20, 2021

He was talking to an Arab man in a tight dinner jacket.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie