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
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
Hilarion: In my mind's eye, I mean — a blushing bride All bib and tucker, frill and furbelow!
From The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan by Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), Sir
She came down stairs one evening arrayed in her best bib and tucker, and was speedily joined by John, whose appearance likewise indicated some approaching festivity—all but his face, which wore a rather disgusted expression.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 25, April, 1873 by Various
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
