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 most of them even in their best bib and tucker were not out of the picture.
From Ruth Fielding Down East Or, The Hermit of Beach Plum Point by Emerson, Alice B.
Dressed in his best bib and tucker, he was, beaver hat and all.
From Fair Harbor by Lincoln, Joseph Crosby
"Sure, child; wear your best bib and tucker, if you like, but I like you better in your play-clothes."
From Marjorie at Seacote by Wells, Carolyn
Hilarion: In my mind's eye, I mean — a blushing bride All bib and tucker, frill and furbelow!
From The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan by Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), Sir
