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

In a small room inside an anonymous industrial block, an old man with a bushy white beard is being fitted with a dinner jacket, ready for the red carpet at the Bafta Awards.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2023

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

From Seattle Times • Sep. 14, 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

The day after Wayne Parr said he had chosen powder blue for his dinner jacket, three- quarters of the boys ordered the same from Tuxedo Junction.

From "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli