Sunday best
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In the morning, Stoltzfoos prepared for his trip into Datura by donning his Sunday-best.
Blind Man's LanternAllen Kim Lang
Mr. Eliphalet Hopper, in his Sunday-best broadcloth was a marvel of propriety.
The Crisis, CompleteWinston Churchill
It is needless to say, I was dressed in my Sunday-best the next morning.
The Seven-Branched CandlestickGilbert W. (Gilbert Wolf) Gabriel
Sunday-best is a different matter, and in this the other gaffer was clothed.
Jackanapes, Daddy Darwin's Dovecot and Other StoriesJuliana Horatio Ewing
On his way home he tried in vain to dodge Luella Thickins, but she headed him off with one of her Sunday-best smiles.
In a Little TownRupert Hughes
Sunday best
- one's best clothes, esp regarded as those most suitable for churchgoing
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Idioms and Phrases with sunday best
Sunday best
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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