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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
Synonyms
Examples for "
tails
"
tails
tailcoat
dress suit
full dress
tail coat
Examples for "
tails
"
1
Not the
'
cat
-
o
-
nine
-
tails
'
variety, but people with a very odd job title.
2
Rip it went from the
tails
up the back to the neck.
3
He was bare-headed and his coat
tails
streamed out in the breeze.
4
This way they can blend into the environment and watch for
tails
.
5
It may have gone the way of our
tails
and our pelts.
1
The examination had required a
tailcoat
,
an expensive matter for our circumstances.
2
And she could see even in his
tailcoat
that he was very slim.
3
There was no sign now of the man in the
tailcoat
.
4
He came to Monsieur Delormes and ordered a
tailcoat
.
5
Another wore a tatty
tailcoat
over his bare chest.
1
He wore a
dress
suit
for the first time in his hie.
2
He still had the
dress
suit
on, but the bouquet was gone.
3
Of what use is a
dress
suit
in the Desert of Sahara?
4
Then I knew that Petey was going to win my
dress
suit
.
5
Never mind, as it happens it doesn't matter about the
dress
suit
.
1
In the evening the gentleman always wears
full
dress
,
irrespective of age.
2
There were ladies in
full
dress
,
and gentlemen in white jackets-ratherinconsistent.
3
He considered that the parlous situation in state affairs demanded
full
dress
.
4
Then the Head Man came in
full
dress
and smoked with us.
5
It has all the airs and attudinizing of a
full
dress
ball-room.
1
A tall, dark young man in a
tail
coat
came in quickly.
2
Volodya came dressed correctly for calling, in a swallow-
tail
coat
and white tie.
3
There he had worn a swallow-
tail
coat
and a gold chain.
4
There isn't a dinner jacket or a spike
tail
coat
on the place.
5
A magician in traditional
tail
coat
manipulates colored silks.
1
And behind McKenna walked Theodore Roosevelt, also in
white
tie
and
tails
.
2
Childers was laid out in, if memory serves,
white
tie
and
tails
.
3
But this night the
white
tie
and
tails
seemed appropriate... perhaps even necessary.
4
Braun, elegant in his
white
tie
and
tails
,
paused to light a cigarette.
5
The dress code is
white
tie
and
tails
for men and gowns for women.
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