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white-tie
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective white-tie has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
white-tie, a.
requiring formal evening clothes, usually interpreted as a white bow tie and a tailcoat for men, and a formal evening dress for women; -- as, a white-tie reception at the embassy. Contrasting with black-tie and informal . [PJC]
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