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

Before the Doctor could reply, around the corner of the house, bringing little Kenyon Adams in his best bib and tucker, came the lofty figure of Mrs. Nesbit.

From In the Heart of a Fool by White, William Allen

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)

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