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A "Canadian tuxedo" (also known as "double denim") is a colloquial term for wearing a jean shirt or denim jacket with jeans. [20] The term reportedly originated in 1951 after Bing Crosby was refused entry to a hotel in Vancouver , British Columbia , because he was wearing a denim top and denim bottoms.
tuxedo tuxedo (Am.), dinner jacket (Br.) smoking In Quebec, the word tuxedo is used to describe a dinner or evening jacket distinguished primarily by satin or grosgrain facings on the jacket's lapels and buttons and a similar stripe along the outseam of the trousers. The word "smoking" is generally used to refer to a tuxedo in France. verge / cour
The origins of the first Canadian Dictionary (DCHP-1) can be linked to American Lexicographer Charles Julien Lovell just after WW2 in 1946. [1] Predating this, the American OED dictionary engulfed the small amount of Canadian words found in their research as was the practice during this time for larger varieties.
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Canadian fashion refers to the styles, trends, design, and production of clothing, footwear, accessories, and other expressions of fashion in Canada and the polities it is descended from.
The “Cuff It” singer put a hot spin on the controversial trend with a light-wash bedazzled jacket that hit her mid-thigh, matching jewel decorated straight-leg jeans, and the shining star of ...
Travis Kelce is lacing up — but we're not talking about his cleats. On Saturday, Dec. 14, the Kansas City Chiefs tight end, 35, and his teammates touched down in Cleveland ahead of their Dec. 15 ...
Bingenheimer, Marcus, A Biographical Dictionary of the Japanese Student-Monks of the Seventh and Early Eighth Centuries, 2001. ISBN 978-3-89129-693-6. Hisamatsu, Sen'ichi, Biographical Dictionary of Japanese Literature, Kodansha International Ltd. in collaboration with the International Society for Educational Information, 1976. ISBN 0 87011 253 8.