单词 | best bib and tucker |
释义 | best bib and tuckerSEE SYNONYMS FOR best bib and tucker ON THESAURUS.COM One's finest clothes, dressed up, as in The men were told to put on their best bib and tucker for the dinner dance. Although wearing either a bib (frill at front of a man's shirt) or a tucker (ornamental lace covering a woman's neck and shoulders) is obsolete, the phrase survives. [Mid-1700s] For a synonym, see Sunday best. Words nearby best bib and tuckerBessie, best, best-ball, best-ball foursome, best-ball match, best bib and tucker, best boy, best-case, bestead, best-efforts selling, best end The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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