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
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
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
The malicious rumor, by-the-way, which declared that she wore a bib and tucker at the time of Jackson’s war with the United States Bank, was wickedly false.
From Stories by American Authors, Volume 3 by Various
Her hansom is at the door and, arrayed in her best bib and tucker, she is hurrying through the hall when Dysart, who has just come, presents himself.
From April's Lady A Novel by Hungerford, Margaret Wolfe
