best bib and tucker

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Melbourne proudly put on its best bib and tucker for the local girl who made good.

From Time Magazine Archive

Daughter, dress yourself in your best bib and tucker and meet me at the corner of Joyce Street at four-thirty.

From Janice Day the Young Homemaker by Long, Helen Beecher

Her hansom is at the door and, arrayed in her best bib and tucker, she is hurrying through the hall when Dysart, who has just come, presents himself.

From April's Lady A Novel by Hungerford, Margaret Wolfe

And most of them even in their best bib and tucker were not out of the picture.

From Ruth Fielding Down East Or, The Hermit of Beach Plum Point by Emerson, Alice B.

Before the Doctor could reply, around the corner of the house, bringing little Kenyon Adams in his best bib and tucker, came the lofty figure of Mrs. Nesbit.

From In the Heart of a Fool by White, William Allen