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
Nature appears to have on her best bib and tucker for the occasion.
From North of Fifty-Three by Fischer, Anton Otto
So he must sit and wait till evening came, till a gentleman could put on his best bib and tucker, and then—allons!
From A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago by Hecht, Ben
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
When the attorney came, she had on her "best bib and tucker," and never looked lovelier.
From Octavia The Octoroon by Lee, J. F.
