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dinner jacket

NOUN
men's formal jacket worn for eveningwear
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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

Things like making Pinocchio and Geppetto - and his dinner jacket - which might get an outing in Hollywood when the Oscars come around.

From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2023

I found him one evening in the virtual club’s dingy bathroom chatting with a giant fox, a couple of skater girls and a guy in a dinner jacket smoking a cigarette.

From New York Times ● Dec. 27, 2022

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

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 14, 2022

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

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger




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