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
"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
Daughter, dress yourself in your best bib and tucker and meet me at the corner of Joyce Street at four-thirty.
From Janice Day the Young Homemaker by Long, Helen Beecher
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
"I'll be down as soon as I can get on my best bib and tucker."
From A Man for the Ages A Story of the Builders of Democracy by Adams, John Wolcott
