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
Yesterday was Sunday and Olga in her best bib and tucker sat out in the sun with Dinky-Dink.
From The Prairie Wife by Harvey Dunn
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 Ernest Poole
"Yes—you better be over hyeh in yo' best bib and tucker."
From The Trail of the Lonesome Pine by John Fox
The women proved that they had not left all their finery in the States, while nearly every child was in its best bib and tucker.
From Pioneering in Cuba A Narrative of the Settlement of La Gloria, the First American Colony in Cuba, and the Early Experiences of the Pioneers by James Meade Adams
