Meanings
- alternativenot comparableAlternative form of betuxed.
But before the mob could spring into action, the be-tuxed youth, at once aware of his danger, took flight.
1922 October 27, The Buffalo Times, Buffalo, N.Y., page 22, column 52 more examples
He had reached the center of the impressive lobby—“the place where your real dignity shows,” as he puts it—when he felt a violent clump on the back, heard a voice say: “Why, hello, Joey.” The words were not spoken by Mr. Asterbilt or any of the few be-jewelled and be-tuxed guests passing through the lobby at the late hour; they came from a bell boy.
1945 March 21, “Going Places”, in Miami Daily News, volume L, number 96, Miami, Fla., page 6-A, column 2Even so, it was easy to feel underdressed as we ambled to L’Orientale dining car through rows of be-gowned and be-tuxed swells.
2017 January 15, Dan Wascoe, “Crossing Europe on a legendary luxury train”, in Star Tribune, Minneapolis, Minn., section “Tuxedos at dinner”, page G4, column 5
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