: tuxedo

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The bride wore a Monique Lhuillier gown and the groom wore a Theory tux as Ewell’s uncle officiated. Jackie Tempera, People.com, 29 Jan. 2025 Photo : Amy Sussman Ke Huy Quan in a Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Everything Everywhere All at Once actor Ke Huy Quan showed up at the Golden Globes as a presenter in Thom Browne suit serving a classic tux look with a slight edge. Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 6 Jan. 2025 Related Articles Like Lutnick, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump’s choice for Secretary of Health and Human Services, went with attire that was not your standard prom or wedding tux by sporting a two-tone jacket with a white tuxedo shirt that had black piping and black buttons. Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 19 Jan. 2025 Dion tux at the 1999 Oscars, and that famous Julia Roberts suit at the 1990 Globes). Christian Allaire, Vogue, 6 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for tux 

Word History

First Known Use

1922, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of tux was in 1922

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“Tux.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tux. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.

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tux

noun
: tuxedo
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