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 most of them even in their best bib and tucker were not out of the picture.
From Ruth Fielding Down East Or, The Hermit of Beach Plum Point by Emerson, Alice B.
There the town often goes in its best bib and tucker to hear the lecturers whom Mrs. Markley feeds.
From In Our Town by Gruger, Frederic Rodrigo
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
