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
The little front garden, in its white-sanded walks and well-weeded beds, brilliant in many-hued blossoms, was just like a spruce country-damsel in her best bib and tucker.
From Belford's Magazine, Volume II, No. 8, January, 1889 by Various
Mr. Nason and his sister are coming here Monday," said she to Aunt Susan, "and we must put on our best bib and tucker, I suppose.
From Uncle Terry A Story of the Maine Coast by Munn, Charles Clark
Last night I decked myself in my best bib and tucker, and, in defiance of all precedent, went down to his apartment.
From The Eternal City by Caine, Hall, Sir
"Sure, child; wear your best bib and tucker, if you like, but I like you better in your play-clothes."
From Marjorie at Seacote by Wells, Carolyn
