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full fig

full fig noun: full costume; uniform or evening dress.

Noun

full fig (uncountable)

  1. (informal) Full costume; uniform or evening dress.
    • He had evidently been instructed to await the royal party, and had on his full fig of fine black cloth full-dress uniform, top boots, spurs, and sword.1895, Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen, The Japs at Home, page 199

Origin of full fig

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Words formed from full fig

Questions about full fig

What does full fig mean?
Full fig means full costume; uniform or evening dress.
What part of speech is full fig?
Full fig is a noun.

Words near full fig in the dictionary

  1. full English
  2. full English breakfast
  3. full English breakfasts
  4. full Englishes
  5. full faith and credit
  6. full fig
  7. full fling
  8. full forward
  9. full forwards
  10. full frontal
  11. full frontal nudity

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