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

At four o'clock Andy and Hortense, in their best bib and tucker and with clean smiling faces, knocked at the door of the little cottage beyond the orchard where lived Fergus and Mary.

From The Cat in Grandfather's House by Grabo, Carl Henry

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

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