best 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
I put on my best bib and tucker, knowing how important these things are in the eyes of imaginative people.
From The Letters of "Norah" on Her Tour Through Ireland by McDougall, Margaret Moran Dixon
When the attorney came, she had on her "best bib and tucker," and never looked lovelier.
From Octavia The Octoroon by Lee, J. F.
Tell him you are a-going to put on your best bib and tucker and it'll start the notion in him to keep you company.
From The Road to Providence by Daviess, Maria Thompson
"And with its best bib and tucker on, if I am any judge of la toilette," said Lionel.
From A Heart-Song of To-day by Savigny, Annie Gregg
