BIB-AND-TUCKER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bib-and-tucker mean? 

• BIB-AND-TUCKER (noun)
  The noun BIB-AND-TUCKER has 1 sense:

1. an attractive outfit

  Familiarity information: BIB-AND-TUCKER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BIB-AND-TUCKER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An attractive outfit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Context example:

she wore her best bib-and-tucker

Hypernyms ("bib-and-tucker" is a kind of...):

getup; outfit; rig; turnout (a set of clothing (with accessories))

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)