adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a black-tie dinner (= where people wear special formal clothes )
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He was invited to a black-tie dinner at one of the Oxford colleges.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a black-tie dinner
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A tent worthy of Barnum & Bailey contained an assortment of black-tie outfits worthy of Fortune magazine.
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About 1, 500 people at the black-tie affair greeted Clinton with an ovation as he approached the podium.
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Evening meals were black-tie affairs attended by selected officers.
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Marshall set only one condition on his gift: No black-tie dinners in his honor.
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So the entire black-tie party for 1, 500&.
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The Democratic mayor has thrown block parties for the masses and black-tie affairs for the elite.