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n. - An attractive outfit.

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Usage examples (9)
  • She wore her best bib-and-tucker
  • On such a day the whole world greets one cleansed and having on a fresh bib-and-tucker.
  • As my grandmother had taken me, so I took my daughter Christmas shopping, dressed in her best bib-and-tucker.
  • 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.
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