bib and tucker
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If you wanted to tell a city clerk from a blacksmith, especially when they were both in their best bib and tucker, all you needed to do was sidle up and sniff.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
Melbourne proudly put on its best bib and tucker for the local girl who made good.
From Time Magazine Archive
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 Charles Clark Munn
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 Carl Henry Grabo
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 Andy Adams
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