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

And now," said Patricia, "I must run upstairs and see that my best bib and tucker are in proper condition to be worn before my fianc�.

From Patricia Brent, Spinster by Jenkins, Herbert George

"Yes—you better be over hyeh in yo' best bib and tucker."

From The Trail of the Lonesome Pine by Fox, John

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

I put them all on with my best bib and tucker.

From The Log-Cabin Lady — An Anonymous Autobiography by Unknown