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
You have determined that the three Bards shall walk up Parnassus, in their best bib and tucker.
From Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey by Cottle, Joseph
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
The women proved that they had not left all their finery in the States, while nearly every child was in its best bib and tucker.
From Pioneering in Cuba A Narrative of the Settlement of La Gloria, the First American Colony in Cuba, and the Early Experiences of the Pioneers by Adams, James Meade
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
