tuxedo
n.— «Late for a dinner appointment, she cut through an alley off Belmont Road NW in Adams Morgan and was surprised to see a dozen black-and-white cats—tuxedos, as they are called.» —“Stray but Not Forgotten” by Sue Anne Pressley Montes Washington Post Aug. 31, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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