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Joking ways of referring to a person’s best clothes:

SUNDAY BEST 288
GLAD RAGS 218
SUNDAY-GO-TO-MEETING CLOTHES 209
BEST BIB AND TUCKER 130
SUNDAY CLOTHES 108
NR 26
BEST DUDS 22
FINERY 14
DUDS 13
SUNDAY-GO-MEETING CLOTHES 12
BIB AND TUCKER 11
SUNDAY SUIT 10
SUNDAY DUDS 9
GO-TO-MEETING CLOTHES 8
BEST 7
FINE FEATHERS 7
GOOD CLOTHES 7
PARTY CLOTHES 7
BEST CLOTHES 6
BEST TOGS 6
SUNDAY 6
CHURCH CLOTHES 5
FANCY DUDS 5
DRESS-UP CLOTHES 4
SOUP AND FISH 4
SUNDAY MEETING CLOTHES 4
SUNDAY-MEETING CLOTHES 4
VERY BEST 4
BEST RAGS 3
BEST SUIT 3
FUNERAL CLOTHES 3
GOOD DUDS 3
SUNDAY-GO-TO-MEETINGS 3
SUNDAY’S BEST 3
TOGS 3
BEST THREADS 2
DOODADS 2
DRESS CLOTHES 2
DRESSED TO KILL 2
DRESS-UPS 2
FINEST 2
FUNERAL SUIT 2
PUTTING ON THE DOG 2
RAGS 2
SUNDAY DRESS 2
SUNDAY TOGS 2
SUNDAY-GO-BEST 2
SUNDAY-GO-TO-CHURCH CLOTHES 2
THREADS 2
ALL DOLLED UP 1
ALL-AND-ALL 1
B AND O’S 1
BAD CLOTHES 1
BAD RAGS 1
BEAU BRUMMELL 1
BEST BIB TUCKER 1
BEST CLOTHES HE HAS 1
BEST DRESS 1
BEST DUDS ON TODAY 1
BEST FEATHERS 1
BEST FINERY 1
BEST OUTFIT 1
BEST REGALIA 1
BEST RIG 1
BEST THEY’VE GOT 1
BEST TOGGERY 1
BIB AND TUCK 1
BIBS AND TUCKERS 1
BITTER BEST 1
BOSS CLOTHES 1
BURIAL CLOTHES 1
BURIAL SUIT 1
CARE-PACKAGE SUIT 1
CATTIN’ CLOTHES 1
CHEST CLOTHES 1
CHIFFOROBE CLOTHES 1
CHRISTMAS DRESS 1
CHRISTMAS SUIT 1
CHURCH SUIT 1
DANDY 1
DAPPER DAN 1
DASHBOARD OVERALLS 1
DOLLED UP 1
DOWDY DUDS 1
DRESS UP DRESS 1
DRESSED FIT TO KILL 1
DRESSED TO THE HILT 1
DRESSED UP 1
DRESS-UP DUDS 1
DRY GOODS 1
DUDE CLOTHES 1
DUDES 1
EASTER DRESS 1
EASTER SUIT 1
FANCY RAGS 1
FANCY THREADS 1
FANCY TOGS 1
FANCY WEAR 1
FINE DUDS 1
FINEST BIB AND TUCKER 1
FLASH DUDS 1
GARB 1
GARMENTS 1
GLAD DUDS 1
GOING-TO-CHURCH CLOTHES 1
GOING-TO-MEETING CLOTHES 1
GOING-TO-TOWN CLOTHES 1
GOOD RIGGING 1
GOT ON HIS WARDROBE 1
HAS ON HIS TRUNK 1
HUNTING CLOTHES 1
LAY-AWAY CLOTHES 1
LOOKS LIKE A PREACHER 1
LOOKS LIKE LORD FAUNTLEROY 1
LOOKS LIKE SOMEBODY AT THE BANDBOX 1
LOOK-THE-BEST 1
MEETING CLOTHES 1
NEAT THREADS 1
NEW BLUE SERGE 1
NEW DUDS 1
NIGHT WEAR 1
ONE-DAY CLOTHES 1
OTHER SUIT 1
PARTY DRESS 1
PREACHER CLOTHES 1
PREACHER’S OUTFIT 1
PREACHING CLOTHES 1
PRETTIES 1
ROOSEVELT CLOTHES 1
SAY WHERE’S THE FUNERAL 1
SHOW-OFF CLOTHES 1
SMOOTH TRUNK 1
SOCIAL ATTIRE 1
SODA-WATER SUIT 1
SOUP AND FISH SUIT 1
STEPPING-OUT CLOTHES 1
SUIT 1
SUIT AND FISH 1
SUNDAY BEST KEEPING 1
SUNDAY FIX-UPS 1
SUNDAY GO-TO-MEETING 1
SUNDAY HARNESS 1
SUNDAY RAGS 1
SUNDAY RIGGING 1
SUNDAY SHOES 1
SUNDAY-BEST GO-TO-MEETING CLOTHES 1
SUNDAY-GO-MEETINGS 1
SUNDAY-GO-TO-MEETING BEST 1
SUNDAY-GO-TO-MEETING DRESS 1
SUNDAY-GO-TO-MEETING DUDS 1
SUNDAY-GO-TO-MEETING SUIT 1
SUNDAY-GO-TO-MEETS 1
SUNDAYS 1
SUNDAY-TO-GO-TO-MEETING 1
SUNDAY-TO-MEETING CLOTHES 1
SUNDIES 1
SUPER-SUIT 1
SWELL RAGS 1
THEY LOOK SHARP 1
THEY WENT ALL OUT 1
TOP-NOTCH CLOTHES 1
TREADS 1
TRUNK AND TRAY 1
TUCKS AND BIBS 1
TUGS 1
VANDERBILTS 1
VINES 1
WHERE ARE YOU PREACHING 1
WHERE YOU GOING TO PREACH TO-NIGHT 1
WHERE’RE YOU GONNA PREACH 1
WHERE’S THE WEDDING 1
WHITE SUIT 1
WHITE TIE AND TAILS 1
YOU ARE SHARP 1
YOU GOT YOUR BEST ON 1
YOU MUST BE GOING TO A WEDDING 1
YOU OUGHT TO HAVE THOSE CLOTHES ON WHEN YOU GO TO THE UNDERTAKER 1
YOU SURE LOOK SLOPPY 1

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