n., pl., -dos, or -does.
- A man's dress jacket, usually black with satin or grosgrain lapels, worn for formal or semiformal occasions. Also called dinner jacket.
- A complete outfit including this jacket, trousers usually with a silken stripe down the side, a bow tie, and often a cummerbund.
[Short for Tuxedo coat, after a country club at Tuxedo Park, a village of southeast New York.]
tuxedoed tux·e'doed adj.
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