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
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
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
I didn’t want them to see me in my dinner jacket, for some reason.
From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger
