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 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
She came down stairs one evening arrayed in her best bib and tucker, and was speedily joined by John, whose appearance likewise indicated some approaching festivity—all but his face, which wore a rather disgusted expression.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 25, April, 1873 by Various
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
So he must sit and wait till evening came, till a gentleman could put on his best bib and tucker, and then—allons!
From A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago by Hecht, Ben
