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White tie

noun

Bow tie worn as part of a man's formal evening dress.

Formalwear consisting of full evening dress for men. Synonyms: dress suit, full dress, tail coat, tailcoat, tails, white tie and tails.

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"White tie" Quotes from Famous Books

... wear a white tie when he dines with friends, And tie it neat in a bow with ends, or a ...

— Nonsense Books • Edward Lear

... too short for him, and he had tied his white tie with a waist to it. Lord Newhaven had seen both ...

— Red Pottage • Mary Cholmondeley

... white tie, took him by the ears, kissed him warmly on each side of his large pink face, glowing with blushes evoked by her unwonted display of affection, and led him away to dinner, her mental vision seeing prophetic broadsheets ...

— The Dop Doctor • Clotilde Inez Mary Graves

... bridegroom arrived—a smart young officer, well thought of at Scotland Yard, well set up, wearing a long tail coat a lilac and white tie, and shaking in every limb. He walked up the aisle accompanied by the best man, and the little old gentleman from Australia watched him genially from behind those gold-rimmed glasses. And, then, scarcely was he at the altar rails when through the open church door one heard the sounds of ...

— Peter Ruff and the Double Four • E. Phillips Oppenheim

... black coat and white tie, announcing the guests as they arrive through a hole such as Chickens dig at the ...

— Chantecler - Play in Four Acts • Edmond Rostand

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