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
She says of herself, "I was born with a boy's spirit under my bib and tucker," and she never lost it.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 by Runkle, Lucia Isabella Gilbert
I was listening to every word you said, and I've got my best bib and tucker in that hand box.
From A Texas Matchmaker by Adams, Andy
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.
Nothing but barons of beef & turkeys would go down with him to the great greasing & detriment of his new sackcloth bib and tucker.
From A Masque of Days From the Last Essays of Elia: Newly Dressed & Decorated by Crane, Walter
