| 单词 | sunday best |
| 释义 | > as lemmasSunday best Sunday best n. (formerly also Sunday's best) = Sunday clothes n. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > best > to be worn on a Sunday Sundays1780 Sunday best1794 Sabbath dress1825 Sunday-go-to-meetings1831 church clothes1868 1794 Parl. Reg. 1781–96 IV. 299 The day when people wash and clean themselves, and, as the saying is, put on their Sunday's best. 1797 R. Southey Botany Bay Eclogues in Poems 87 To go to fair, I drest..in my Sunday's best. 1836 Metrop. Mag. Jan. 99 Though dressed in the blue jacket and white duck trowsers of the sailor's Sunday best, at a glance, you would pronounce him to be no seaman. 1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve Narr. Walking Tour Brittany xvi. 271 Little family parties dressed in their Sunday best. 1949 F. Sargeson I saw in my Dream xiv. 191 He was all dressed up in his Sunday best..but his hair was any old how. 2004 Church Times 23 Jan. 25/3 Sitting nearby is a girl of the same age, out with her mother in scarlet and black Sunday best. < as lemmas |
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