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
All the family wore their best bib and tucker, and even Stepan Mihailovitch was forced to smarten himself up.
From A Russian Gentleman by Aksakov, S. T. (Sergei Timofeevich)
I was listening to every word you said, and I've got my best bib and tucker in that hand box.
From A Texas Matchmaker by Adams, Andy
The women proved that they had not left all their finery in the States, while nearly every child was in its best bib and tucker.
From Pioneering in Cuba A Narrative of the Settlement of La Gloria, the First American Colony in Cuba, and the Early Experiences of the Pioneers by Adams, James Meade
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
