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

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

Yesterday was Sunday and Olga in her best bib and tucker sat out in the sun with Dinky-Dink.

From The Prairie Wife by Dunn, Harvey

Since then, imagination has been at play; and, in accordance with its suggestions, his bib and tucker have been donned, as trusty adjutants to the formidable wooden spoon.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 346, August, 1844 by Various

When the attorney came, she had on her "best bib and tucker," and never looked lovelier.

From Octavia The Octoroon by Lee, J. F.