Sunday best
Sunday best noun: a person's finest clothing, especially the clothes one reserves to wear to church on Sunday.
Noun
Sunday best (uncountable)
- A person's finest clothing, especially the clothes one reserves to wear to church on Sunday.
- And how then was the Devil drest? / Oh! he was in his Sunday's best1834 [1799], Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Robert Southey, “The Devil's Thoughts”, in The Poetical Works of S. T. Coleridge, volume II, London: W. Pickering, page 83
- It took all the power and skill of that energetic woman to get her son into his Sunday best.1886, Louisa M[ay] Alcott, chapter 18, in Jo’s Boys, and How They Turned Out. A Sequel to “Little Men.”, Boston, Mass.: Roberts Brothers, →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes, roast-meat clothes
Synonyms of Sunday best
Forms of Sunday best
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Questions about Sunday best
- What does Sunday best mean?
- Sunday best means a person's finest clothing, especially the clothes one reserves to wear to church on Sunday.
- What part of speech is Sunday best?
- Sunday best is a noun.
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