smoking

smoking
 n.— «Yet another attempt is being made to persuade stars, guests and audience at the Palazzo screenings to don “lo smoking,” as tuxedos are referred to here in imitation of French parlance.» —“Venice perfects its American accent” by Roderick Conway Morris in Venice Intl. Herald Tribune (Paris, France) Aug. 31, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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