dinner jacket

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Appleton first attended Ms Friel's home address towards the end of 2023 dressed in a dinner jacket and inviting her to come to a ball with him.

From BBC • Sep. 18, 2025

Henry Poole, credited with creating the dinner jacket, or tuxedo, has held a British royal warrant since the 1860s when it supplied Queen Victoria.

From Reuters • May 2, 2023

The groom donned a black tuxedo by Ralph Lauren for the ceremony then changed into a custom-made, black and gold dinner jacket for the reception.

From New York Times • May 27, 2022

Just minutes into the show, host Gary Collins pulled an envelope from his burgundy dinner jacket: the names of the 10 finalists.

From Washington Post • Aug. 20, 2021

I didn’t want them to see me in my dinner jacket, for some reason.

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger