tuxedos

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a black or white jacket worn at formal social events, or a suit consisting of this type of jacket worn with matching trousers and a bow tie:

He finally bought a tuxedo when the faculty and his friends persuaded him to go to the prom.

tuxedo jacket He keeps a tuxedo jacket in the back of his car so he can con his way into celebrity parties.

tuxedo suit Soon women began to wear the designer's tuxedo suits.

in a tuxedo He felt he always looked better in a tuxedo.

a cat that has black or dark fur on its back and sides, and white fur on its chest and the underneath of its body:

A tuxedo is not a breed of cat but a cat with a particular fur pattern.

The Tuxedo's coat resembles traditional formal evening wear - hence the name.

Typically, tuxedo cats have less white than black in their coats.

relating to a pattern of fur in a cat in which the back and sides of the body are a dark colour, usually black, and the chest and underneath of the body are white:

Cats have colour genes that can produce the tuxedo pattern in the right combination.

A tuxedo cat's parents may not have tuxedo markings.

a type of black jacket, or jacket and pants, worn by men on formal occasions, usually with a bow tie