clothes

See: BEST BIB AND TUCKER or SUNDAY-GO-TO-MEETING CLOTHES.

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[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 […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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