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
When the attorney came, she had on her "best bib and tucker," and never looked lovelier.
From Octavia The Octoroon by Lee, J. F.
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
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)
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
