sunday best

Sunday clothes

noun
a person's best or newest clothing, as saved for Sundays and special occasions.
Also called Sunday best.


Origin:
1635–45
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Sunday best
 
n
one's best clothes, esp regarded as those most suitable for churchgoing

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Sunday best definition


  1. n.
    one's best clothing, which one would wear to church. : We are in our Sunday best, ready to go.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Idioms & Phrases

Sunday best

One's finest clothes, as in They were all in their Sunday best for the photographer. This expression alludes to reserving one's best clothes for going to church; indeed, an older idiom is Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes (meeting here meaning "prayer meeting"). [Mid-1800s]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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