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The rapper looked dapper in a classic black-and-white tux with a jeweled brooch on the lapels. Brendan Le, People.com, 10 June 2025 Cole – the guy at the games in the banana-yellow tux and top hat – bets that player-to-fan interactions are the secret sauce. Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 9 June 2025 Jesse Cole addressed the crowd before the game, wearing his signature yellow tux. Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 7 June 2025 Does anyone actually answer this question? Biggest Cannes faux pas? Attempting to attend a film at the Palais wearing a sneaker shoe and/or a non-bow tie with your tux. Kevin Cassidy, HollywoodReporter, 18 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for tux

Word History

First Known Use

1922, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of tux was in 1922

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“Tux.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tux. Accessed 16 Jun. 2025.

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tux

noun
: tuxedo
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