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Date: 1800-1900
Origin: Tuxedo Park, town in New York State

tuxedo

 noun
     
Related topics: Clothes
tux‧e‧do also tux informal plural tuxedos [countable]
1DCC a man's jacket that is usually black, worn on formal occasions
2DCC a man's suit that includes this type of jacket
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