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
She says of herself, "I was born with a boy's spirit under my bib and tucker," and she never lost it.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 by Runkle, Lucia Isabella Gilbert
"We must look out your best bib and tucker."
From The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 1, January, 1891 by Wood, Charles W.
"And with its best bib and tucker on, if I am any judge of la toilette," said Lionel.
From A Heart-Song of To-day by Savigny, Annie Gregg
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
