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Sunday best

British  

noun

  1. one's best clothes, esp regarded as those most suitable for churchgoing

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Sunday best Idioms  

  1. One's finest clothes, as in They were all in their Sunday best for the photographer. This expression alludes to reserving one's best clothes for going to church; indeed, an older idiom is Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes (meeting here meaning “prayer meeting”). [Mid-1800s]

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There are pictures of a grand house, and there is an image of some of the young boys in their Sunday best in front of a large ship.

From BBC • Dec. 24, 2023

An exquisite portrait miniature of Rose Prentice, a domestic worker in her Sunday best, painted around 1837, joins the constellation of proud, self-possessed Black women to have served as muse to the artist Mickalene Thomas.

From New York Times • Sep. 8, 2023

Last weekend, the couple seemingly set aside their differences and put on their Sunday best to take their children to church together, PageSix reported.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 7, 2023

Or they’re reading in gardens to children dressed in their Sunday best - Dolly Parton’s “Coat of Many Colors” is a favorite book for performers and kids alike.

From Washington Times • Jul. 3, 2023

We both had put on our new Sunday best jackets, trousers, shirts, and neckties, and we looked right respectful as we stepped up on the ferry.

From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis

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