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Meanings of
white tie
in English
Portuguese
caudas
Catalan
vestit de gala
Back to the meaning
Formalwear consisting of full evening dress for men.
tails
tailcoat
dress suit
full dress
tail coat
white tie and tails
Portuguese
caudas
Usage of
white tie
in English
1
He decided that the boy should wear a dress-coat and
white
tie
.
2
You think I had better wear a long coat and
white
tie
?
3
And behind McKenna walked Theodore Roosevelt, also in
white
tie
and tails.
4
Childers was laid out in, if memory serves,
white
tie
and tails.
5
The invitation made clear that the occasion called for '
white
tie
with decorations'.
6
Dressed in black, with a
white
tie
and a straw hat.
7
Volodya came dressed correctly for calling, in a swallow-tail coat and
white
tie
.
8
He is dressed in a black frock-coat, with a
white
tie
.
9
But this night the
white
tie
and tails seemed appropriate... perhaps even necessary.
10
August comes out from behind the green curtain, wearing
white
tie
.
11
She looked down to see her father, dressed in
white
tie
.
12
Braun, elegant in his
white
tie
and tails, paused to light a cigarette.
13
The man with the
white
tie
had not bided his time.
14
His little scorched body is lying here, too: the artificial leg,
white
tie
.
15
The Candor man wears a black suit with a
white
tie
-
Candor
standard
uniform.
16
A little man in a
white
tie
brought the great register to the table.
Other examples for "white tie"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
This collocation consists of:
white
tie
white
Adjective
Noun
Translations for
white tie
Portuguese
caudas
casaca
fraque
Catalan
vestit de gala
jaqué
frac
White tie
through the time
White tie
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common