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fig-sews

fig-sews is the plural of fig-sew.

Meaning of fig-sew

Noun

fig-sew (countable and uncountable, plural fig-sews)

  1. (dialectal, historical) Ale boiled with wheaten bread and figs, a common Good Friday dish.

Questions about fig-sews

What is fig-sews the plural of?
Fig-sews is the plural of fig-sew.

Words near fig-sews in the dictionary

  1. fig-leafed
  2. fig-leaved
  3. fig-leaved goosefoot
  4. fig-leaves
  5. fig-sew
  6. fig-sews
  7. fig-sue
  8. fig-wart
  9. fig-warts
  10. fig.
  11. Figarden

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