best bib and tucker
Example Sentences
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Melbourne proudly put on its best bib and tucker for the local girl who made good.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last night I decked myself in my best bib and tucker, and, in defiance of all precedent, went down to his apartment.
From The Eternal City by Caine, Hall, Sir
Nature appears to have on her best bib and tucker for the occasion.
From North of Fifty-Three by Fischer, Anton Otto
So he must sit and wait till evening came, till a gentleman could put on his best bib and tucker, and then—allons!
From A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago by Hecht, Ben
The town will put it in headlines at once, and with it a picture of yourself in your best bib and tucker, looking as though you loved the whole world.
From His Family by Poole, Ernest
