best bib and tucker



your best bib and tucker

  (old-fashioned, humorous)
the best or most formal clothes that you own We were all dressed in our best bib and tucker for my aunt's wedding.
See the best thing since sliced bread
See also: and, bib, tucker

best bib and tucker

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either a bib (frill at front of a man's shirt) or a tucker (ornamental lace covering a woman's neck and shoulders) is obsolete, the phrase survives.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.
See also: and, bib, tucker

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Annelienahn-nə-LEENDutch
Umbertooom-BER-toItalian
Samar-Arabic
GaeGAYEnglish (Rare)
JakiJAK-eeEnglish (Rare)
CorianderKAWR-ee-an-dərEnglish (Rare)