Tuxedo

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Origin of Phrases - T

Tuxedo

In the 1880s, formal dinners required men to wear white tie and tails. The members of the Tuxedo club, in Tuxedo Park, NY, wanted to make their male members more comfortable. So they allowed English dinner jacket for their formal affairs. The jacket became known as the tuxedo.