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white tie definition

white tie

  1. a white bow tie, properly worn with a swallow-tailed coat
  2. a swallow-tailed coat and its accessories

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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