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

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

From The Trail of the Lonesome Pine by Fox, John

"I'll be down as soon as I can get on my best bib and tucker."

From A Man for the Ages A Story of the Builders of Democracy by Adams, John Wolcott

The little front garden, in its white-sanded walks and well-weeded beds, brilliant in many-hued blossoms, was just like a spruce country-damsel in her best bib and tucker.

From Belford's Magazine, Volume II, No. 8, January, 1889 by Various

Yesterday was Sunday and Olga in her best bib and tucker sat out in the sun with Dinky-Dink.

From The Prairie Wife by Dunn, Harvey