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
Nothing but barons of beef & turkeys would go down with him to the great greasing & detriment of his new sackcloth bib and tucker.
From A Masque of Days From the Last Essays of Elia: Newly Dressed & Decorated by Crane, Walter
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
Mr. Nason and his sister are coming here Monday," said she to Aunt Susan, "and we must put on our best bib and tucker, I suppose.
From Uncle Terry A Story of the Maine Coast by Munn, Charles Clark
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
