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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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