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Definition of Bib-and-tucker
1. Noun. An attractive outfit. "She wore her best bib-and-tucker"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bib-and-tucker
Literary usage of Bib-and-tucker
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"Best bib and tucker. Best clothes. ' Lane. Glossary,' 1875 (NED). ... 1833 Both
girls and boys had on their best bib and tucker. ..."
2. Little Journeys to the Homes of Famous Women by Elbert Hubbard (1897)
"Girls who go away visiting, wearing their best bib and tucker, find lovers without
fail. One third of all marriages in the United States occur in just this ..."
3. Glossary of Northamptonshire Words and Phrases by Anne Elizabeth Baker (1854)
"Put on your best bib and tucker." Beaumont and Fletcher have an equivalent expression.
Bid my wife make herself ready handsomely, And put on her best apron; ..."
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