Well attestedNamed from the place
tuxedo
noun · first attested 1880s
American evening dress is named for a Hudson Valley club.
A tailless dinner jacket; also the matching evening suit.
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Record
- Relationship
- Named from the place
- Confidence
- Well attestedThe place link is the standard scholarly account.
- Attested
- 1880s
- Part of speech
- noun
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Tuxedo Park
- In English
tuxedo
The tailless dinner jacket caught on at the Tuxedo Park country club in New York. English then used the place-name for the garment itself.
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