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☆ tux·edo (tuk sē′dō)

noun pl. tuxedos -·dos

  1. Now Rare a man's semiformal jacket for evening wear, orig. black and with satin lapels; dinner jacket
  2. a suit of such a jacket and dark trousers, worn with a dark bow tie

Etymology: after the name of a country club at Tuxedo Park, near Tuxedo Lake, N.Y.

adjective

designating or of a sofa, chair, etc. with a straight back and with sides the same height as the back

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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