| 单词 | bib-and-brace |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbib-and-brace b. A similar article worn over the breast by adults, frequently as the upper part of an apron. best bib and tucker: put for ‘best clothes’ as a whole, properly of girls or women, but also of men. bib-and-brace, applied attributively to a type of overall having the upper part supported by braces. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > clothing for chest or breast nycette1499 bib1687 bosom-vesture1834 bust costume1896 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > that covers or protects other clothing > bib breast-clouta1325 bib1687 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > that covers or protects other clothing > apron > parts of apron-string1542 bib1687 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > best best beseen1602 best1708 best bib and tucker1747 war-paint1859 glad rags1902 bezzies1966 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [noun] > trousers > types of > wide or loose > with braces bib-and-brace1959 salopette1972 1687 B. Randolph Present State Archipel. 52 Before their breasts hangs a bibb which reaches a little below their wast. 1737 G. Smith Curious Relations I. ii. 132 The Driver is dressed in his best Band and Bib. 1747 tr. Marquis d'Argens New Mem. establishing True Knowl. Mankind II. 264 The Country-woman..minds nothing on Sundays so much as her best Bib and Tucker. 1793 ‘A. Pasquin’ Life Late Earl of Barrymore (ed. 3) 67 The Butcher's Lady thinks, that living in style, is manifested in putting on her best bib and tucker on holidays. 1822 Massachusetts Spy 27 Feb. It is not in the evenings only that they are to be encountered in ‘the best bib and tucker’. 1833 D. Crockett Sketches 37 Both girls and boys had on their best bib and tucker. 1855 Sharpe's London Mag. V. 92/2 All-London..puts on its best bib and tucker. 1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iii. iv. 25 She girded herself with a white apron, and..contrived a bib to it. 1875 J. H. Nodal & G. Milner Gloss. Lancs. Dial.: Pt. I 37 An' put him his best bib-an-tucker on, an' went to look for a place for him. 1959 Manch. Guardian 13 July 5/6 The engine-driver, a dapper figure in bib-and-brace overalls. < as lemmas |
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