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Definition of Black tie
1. Noun. Semiformal evening dress for men.
Generic synonyms: Evening Clothes, Evening Dress, Eveningwear, Formalwear
2. Noun. A black bow tie worn with a dinner jacket.
Definition of Black tie
1. Noun. Evening dress; a standard of dress which is less formal than white tie, consisting of black dinner jacket or tuxedo jacket, and matching trousers, white shirt and black bow tie or, possibly military dress or national costume. ¹
2. Noun. (&lit black tie) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Black Tie
Literary usage of Black tie
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Composition as a Social Problem by Sterling Andrus Leonard (1917)
"... whether cheapness or slovenliness in word choices, than it would be to forcibly
fasten on the boy a black tie instead of the green and purple one he ..."
2. Scrapbook (1906)
"There are but two possible variations of this costume: one, the Tuxedo, which
may be worn for informal affairs (a black tie goes with this) ; the other is ..."
3. An Introduction to Science by Bertha May Clark (1915)
"The collar is very dark, the black tie and gray coat white, ... The plate shows
all gradations of intensity — the tidy is dark, the black tie is light. ..."
4. English Composition as a Social Problem by Sterling Andrus Leonard (1917)
"... whether cheapness or slovenliness in word choices, than it would be to forcibly
fasten on the boy a black tie instead of the green and purple one he ..."
5. Scrapbook (1906)
"There are but two possible variations of this costume: one, the Tuxedo, which
may be worn for informal affairs (a black tie goes with this) ; the other is ..."
6. An Introduction to Science by Bertha May Clark (1915)
"The collar is very dark, the black tie and gray coat white, ... The plate shows
all gradations of intensity — the tidy is dark, the black tie is light. ..."
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