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
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
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
Dressed in his best bib and tucker, he was, beaver hat and all.
From Fair Harbor by Lincoln, Joseph Crosby
"We must look out your best bib and tucker."
From The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 1, January, 1891 by Wood, Charles W.
