tuxy

plural tuxies

1. A strip or ribbon of the outer layer of a leaf-sheath, pulled from a hemp plant.

present singular third person tuxies · participle present tuxying · participle past tuxied · past tuxied

1. To pull such strips from a plant.

comparative more tuxy · superlative most tuxy

1. Wearing, resembling, or characteristic of a tuxedo.

   She could take off for Barbados and dance with those tuxy guys.

   2003, JoAnn Ross, Windfall, page 376

   2 more examples

   This tuxy lady's outfit consists of a pair of black men's fifties tuxedo pants ($14 from My Old Lady, New York) worn with a man's antique black satin tuxedo vest ($4 from My Old Lady ) and fifties alligator skin stilettos ($15 from Screaming Mimi's, New York).

   1980, Leonard McGill, Disco Dressing: A Complete Guide to Creating Seven Smash Disco Looks, page 75

   Suspendered thus together we make the mistake of sighing too loud from our tuxy tent - provoking another arboreal utterance: […]

   2005, Keath Fraser, “The Anniversary”, in 13 Ways of Listening to a Stranger: The Best Stories of Keath Fraser, page 370