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black tie
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black tie as in:  black-tie event

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  • When work was completed in 1970, he gave a black-tie Christmas party and invited the cream of Savannah society.†  (source)
  • But this was a formal, black-tie wedding: Tuxedos and gowns were required for guests, not just the wedding party.†  (source)
  • That same night I was invited to a lavish black-tie party in honor of the beautiful and glamorous Isabella Rossellini, daughter of Ingrid Bergman.†  (source)
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  • A new emerald tie clip held his black tie in place and the knot only took six attempts.†  (source)
  • More than a thousand people gathered for a black-tie party at a tent set up in the parking lot.†  (source)
  • He chuckled again as he held out a cloak for her and a pair of ugly black tie shoes.†  (source)
  • He went back to selling antiques, and with the court's permission he traveled to New York to attend a black-tie party for the Cooper-Hewitt Museum's exhibition of Queen Elizabeth's collection of Faberge.†  (source)
  • He's wearing gray pants, a crisp white shirt, and a black tie and carrying a slim attaché case.†  (source)
  • Both are black-tie.†  (source)
  • The Reverend was dressed in a black suit and a black tie, as if he had just come from a funeral.†  (source)
  • Engraved invitations to Jim Williams's black-tie Christmas party began arriving in the mailboxes of Savannah's better homes the first week in December.†  (source)
  • He wore an elegant black suit and black tie, and his demeanor was irresistibly cheerful, which put my grandfather at ease.†  (source)
  • His body was perfectly round, stuffed into black polyester pants and a red T-shirt with a wide black tie.†  (source)
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He was a short, stocky man in a black suit, black tie, white shirt, and a gold watch-chain that glinted in the light from the frosted windows.  (source)
black tie = a tie that is black
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