go-to-meeting
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of go-to-meeting
An Americanism dating back to 1780–90
Example Sentences
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Led by Takahashi and Kataoka, resplendent in dusty morning coats, 800 villagers crammed the town hall to attend Mass, while hundreds more, in their best go-to-meeting clothes, waited patiently outside.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Paddy, must we put on our best dresses when she comes—our Sunday go-to-meeting frocks, you know?”
From Girls of the Forest by Meade, L. T.
Why, you might as well say we ought to pull down Westminster Abbey, and put up a go-to-meeting shop with churchwarden windows; or never read Shakespeare, but only Sheridan Knowles.
From Tom Brown's School Days by Hughes, Thomas
I only spoke because you're so all-fired go-to-meeting like.
From Our American Cousin by Taylor, Tom
Under ordinary circumstances, not more than two or three of us would require a go-to-meeting rig-out at one and the same time.
From Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) or Settler and Maori in Northern New Zealand by Hay, William Delisle
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