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

"Sure, child; wear your best bib and tucker, if you like, but I like you better in your play-clothes."

From Marjorie at Seacote by Wells, Carolyn

You have determined that the three Bards shall walk up Parnassus, in their best bib and tucker.

From Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey by Cottle, Joseph

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

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