best bib and tucker

Idioms and Phrases

One's finest clothes, dressed up, as in The men were told to put on their best bib and tucker for the dinner dance . Although wearing either a bib (frill at front of a man's shirt) or a tucker (ornamental lace covering a woman's neck and shoulders) is obsolete, the phrase survives. [Mid-1700s] For a synonym, see Sunday best .

Example Sentences

But she's got on her best bib-and-tucker to-day, and a pinafore with frills to it.

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