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dinner jacket

American  

noun

  1. tuxedo.

dinner jacket British  

noun

  1. Abbreviations: DJ.   dj.  US and Canadian name: tuxedo.  a man's semiformal evening jacket without tails, usually black with a silk facing over the collar and lapels

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Etymology

Origin of dinner jacket

First recorded in 1890–95

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