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See: BEST BIB AND TUCKER.

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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 […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

tucker

[tucker] See: [BEST BIB AND TUCKER]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

Sophie Tucker

(1884-1966) U.S. singer I've been rich and I've been poor; rich is better. www.english-slang.com

[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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bring

[bring] or [wheel in] or [out] or [up the big guns] {v. phr.} To make use of a concealed plan in order to defeat an opponent […]

lie in wait

[lie in wait] {v. phr.} To watch from hiding in order to attack or surprise someone; to ambush. * /The driver of the […]

H.L. Mencken

(1880-1956) U.S. journalist For every problem, there is one solution which is simple, neat and wrong.

out of one's wits

[out of one's wits] See: [SCARE OUT OF ONE'S WITS].

Norp

[Norp] from pr0n. Used to discreetly speak of pornography without alerting the attention of others (less obvious in meaning […]

hatchet man

[hatchet man] {n.}, {colloquial} 1. A politician or newspaper columnist whose job is to write and say unfavorable things about […]

shorthanded

[shorthanded] {adj.} Understaffed; short on workers. * /With several employees gone for the holiday weekend and two dozen […]

H.L. Mencken

(1880-1956) U.S. journalist I hate all sports as rabidly as person who likes sports hates common sense.