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black tie
1black-tie
2[ blak-tahy ]
adjective
- requiring that guests wear semiformal attire, especially that men wear black bow ties with tuxedos or dinner jackets:
a black-tie dance.
black tie
noun
- a black bow tie worn with a dinner jacket
- modifier denoting an occasion when a dinner jacket should be worn
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of black tie1
Origin of black tie2
Example Sentences
Held at the Los Angeles Convention Center, the Grammy-weekend charity event — dress code: “colorful black tie” — raised more than $5 million for music professionals affected by the wildfires that devastated much of L.A. last month.
He had started his shift early that day following rumours of the monarch's declining health, presenting rolling news coverage from 14:00, before confirming the Queen's death that evening while wearing a black tie.
The multiday, multivenue ceremony, where formal wear meant “cowboy black tie,” included a live band, extravagant floral arrangements, plenty of cowboy hats and the family’s longhorn.
Guests drank champagne, margaritas, palomas and vodka martinis and posed for multiple selfies and photos at the black tie charity event.
He opened his briefcase and pulled out a black tie, which he swapped with the stylish patterned one he was wearing.
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