: tuxedo

Examples of tux in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The post featured photos of the couple's early days together — including some black-and-white shots from their 1996 wedding, in which Candace wore a white lace ballgown and long sheer veil and her husband, 50, sported a classic black tux. Charlotte Phillipp, Peoplemag, 24 June 2024 There will be a bunch of groomsmen, but won’t Kyle be adorable walking down the aisle all alone in a tux and a mullet-dropping pedals? Brian Moylan, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2024 Another pretty boy in a tux, Madonna’s date presumably, foots the bill for the festivities with stacks of cash stuffed in his lapel. Hazlitt, 5 June 2024 On the big night, Krumholtz rented a tux, watched the Oscar telecast from the Universal party at Soho House, then hit up a few after-parties. Nate Jones, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for tux 

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Word History

First Known Use

1922, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
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 4 Jul. 2024.

Kids Definition

tux

noun
: tuxedo
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