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Meanings of white tie and tails in English

Portuguese
caudas
Catalan
vestit de gala
Wikidata

Formalwear consisting of full evening dress for men.

      caudas
      Usage of white tie and tails in English
      1
      And behind McKenna walked Theodore Roosevelt, also in white tie and tails.
      American empire: blood and iron
      2
      Childers was laid out in, if memory serves, white tie and tails.
      The Irish Times
      3
      But this night the white tie and tails seemed appropriate... perhaps even necessary.
      Drood: a novel
      4
      Braun, elegant in his white tie and tails, paused to light a cigarette.
      Wild Cards IV: Aces Abroad
      5
      The dress code is white tie and tails for men and gowns for women.
      Radio NZ
      6
      Still, his white tie and tails were always a swooningly crisp black and white.
      Silver zombie: delilah street: paranormal investigator
      7
      There were eight groomsmen, including Pershing's brothers Madison and Leland, in white tie and tails.
      The warmth of other suns: the epic story of america's great migr...
      8
      In white tie and tails, he looked like a penguin that had swallowed a beach ball.
      American empire: blood and iron
      9
      He was wearing white tie and tails.
      Toxic bachelors
      10
      At the foot of the sweeping staircase stood her brother, looking very elegant in white tie and tails.
      New york: the novel
      11
      A portrait painter was called in to paint out Uncle Wilhelm's uniform and substitute white tie and tails.
      The new yorker
      12
      All (with the possible exception of the green man) are wearing top hat, white tie and tails.
      The new yorker
      13
      The dress code for the sold-out ball is white tie and tails for men, long evening gowns for women.
      Reuters
      14
      There was a tremendous roar from the crowd and Houdini swept onto the stage, resplendent in white tie and tails.
      The last illusion
      15
      In Los Angeles, 84 pianists in white tie and tails launched into George Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue." It was pure kitsch.
      Reuters
      16
      As the light fades, the candles are lit and Giovanni Dal Missier, dapper in white tie and tails, launches Rossini's The Barber of Seville.
      BBC
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