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best bib and tucker

best bib and tucker or

Sunday best or

Sunday go-to-meeting clothes {n. phr.}, {informal}

Best clothes or outfit of clothing.

The cowboy got all dressed up in his best bib and tucker to go to the dance.

Mary went to the party in her Sunday best and made a hit with the boys.

Compare: GLAD RAGS.

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Sunday best

[Sunday best] or [Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes] See: [BEST BIB AND TUCKER]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

glad rags

[glad rags] {n.}, {slang} Clothes worn to parties or on special occasions; best clothes. * /Mrs. Owens put on her glad rags for the party./ Compare: [BEST BIB AND TUCKER]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

clothes

[clothes] See: [BEST BIB AND TUCKER] or [SUNDAY-GO-TO-MEETING CLOTHES]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

[go] See: [HERE GOES], [HERE GOES NOTHING], [BEST BIB AND TUCKER] or [SUNDAY-GO-TO-MEETING CLOTHES], [COMINGS AND GOINGS], [EASY COME EASY GO], [GET GOING], [GET-UP-AND-GO] [HAVE A GO AT], [HEART GOES […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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