bib and tucker
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of bib and tucker
First recorded in 1740–50
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Melbourne proudly put on its best bib and tucker for the local girl who made good.
From Time Magazine Archive
There the town often goes in its best bib and tucker to hear the lecturers whom Mrs. Markley feeds.
From In Our Town by Frederic Rodrigo Gruger
Before the Doctor could reply, around the corner of the house, bringing little Kenyon Adams in his best bib and tucker, came the lofty figure of Mrs. Nesbit.
From In the Heart of a Fool by William Allen White
Nature appears to have on her best bib and tucker for the occasion.
From North of Fifty-Three by Anton Otto Fischer
She wore a bib and tucker, and pinafore, with a bouncing propriety, fit to make the boldest spectator alarmed at the idea of bringing such a household responsibility on his shoulders.
From International Weekly Miscellany - Volume 1, No. 5, July 29, 1850 by Various
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
