bib-and-tucker

As my grandmother had taken me, so I took my daughter Christmas shopping, dressed in her best bib-and-tucker.

WASN'T THE GRASS GREENER A Curmudgeon's Fond Memories Holland, Barbara 1999

On such a day the whole world greets one cleansed and having on a fresh bib-and-tucker.

Walking-Stick Papers Robert Cortes Holliday

He arrived this morning, and we were all at the station in our best bib-and-tucker and making a fine show of being offhanded and light-hearted.

The Prairie Mother Arthur Stringer 1912

The custom-house officers that look after it carry clubs, and it's hard to smuggle in even a bib-and-tucker swindle to work Brooklyn with unless you can pay the toll.

The Gentle Grafter O. Henry 1886

Rice always reminds me of my bib-and-tucker days. "

When the Birds Begin to Sing Harold Piffard

Josie Lockwood has put on her best bib-and-tucker to go walking in this afternoon, on the off-chance of meeting you, Mr.Duncan. "

The Fortune Hunter Louis Joseph Vance 1906

"O, for God's sake, drop that bib-and-tucker twaddle!

At the Sign of the Eagle Gilbert Parker 1897

"O, for God's sake, drop that bib-and-tucker twaddle!

The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897