bib and tucker

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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'll be down as soon as I can get on my best bib and tucker."

From A Man for the Ages A Story of the Builders of Democracy by Adams, John Wolcott

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

Then yard-arm and yard-arm, the frigate with her canvas canopy of upper sails furled, and the brig in her best bib and tucker, they both filled away and moved side by side.

From Captain Brand of the "Centipede" A Pirate of Eminence in the West Indies: His Love and Exploits, Together with Some Account of the Singular Manner by Which He Departed This Life by Wise, H. A. (Henry Augustus)

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