tucker
noun
a person or thing that tucks.
Example Sentences
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In their best bibs and tuckers, Hollywood's finest lined up with Britain's luvvie elite to tussle over, to quote Billy Connolly, "a death mask on a stick".
From The Guardian ● Feb. 14, 2013
Gonzalez Videla's old ambassadorial friend from Vichy, Admiral William D. Leahy, the vice presidents from Argentina, Peru and Brazil all turned up in their best bibs & tuckers.
From Time Magazine Archive
They appear to be in their holiday toggery—best bibs and tuckers.
From The White Gauntlet by Mayne Reid
“And, ma’am,” he continued, “the laundress tells me some of the girls have two clean tuckers in the week: it is too much; the rules limit them to one.”
From Jane Eyre by F. H. Townsend
Then parrots, lap-dogs, monkeys, squirrels, beaus, Fans, ribbands, tuckers, patches, furbaloes, In quick succession, thro' their fancies run, And dance incessant on the flippant tongue.
From The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant by John Hamilton Moore
