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

I suppose she’ll be a wondrous sight in her ‘best bib and tucker.’

From Frances of the Ranges The Old Ranchman's Treasure by Marlowe, Amy Bell

And now," said Patricia, "I must run upstairs and see that my best bib and tucker are in proper condition to be worn before my fianc�.

From Patricia Brent, Spinster by Jenkins, Herbert George

All the family wore their best bib and tucker, and even Stepan Mihailovitch was forced to smarten himself up.

From A Russian Gentleman by Aksakov, S. T. (Sergei Timofeevich)

Presently Monsieur Station Master, and Madame Station Master, and little Station Master fils appeared, each in best bib and tucker, and led the way across the fields, to a little thatched farmhouse two miles distant.

From London Days A Book of Reminiscences by Warren, Arthur