dinner jacket

noun

: a jacket for formal evening wear
dinner-jacketed adjective

Examples of dinner jacket in a Sentence

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Celebrity stylist Kristine Wilson put together the grooms' ensembles, including Ralph Lauren coattails for Foy, a double-breasted Banana Republic jacket for La Traverse and dinner jackets by Boss and Banana Republic with vintage cufflinks & shirt studs. Lex Goldstein, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025 At its London premiere, Dick Churchill wore a bespoke dinner jacket from Gieves & Hawkes, the Savile Row tailor whose military heritage dates back to the late 18th century. Naomi Rougeau, Robb Report, 21 Sep. 2025 Visitors often arrived in their own private railroad cars, according to Sotheby's, and its private country club is believed to be where the first short dinner jacket, or tuxedo, was introduced in the late 1800s. Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025 Hundreds of teaspoons covered the floor, dozens of cocktail glasses were suspended from a dinner jacket and red arms with white fur fingernails reached out from the wall towards a mannequin’s head that was a mass of red roses. Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 21 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for dinner jacket

Word History

First Known Use

1891, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of dinner jacket was in 1891

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“Dinner jacket.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dinner%20jacket. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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