full fig

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

See in full fig.

Noun[edit]

full fig (uncountable)

  1. (informal) Full costume; uniform or evening dress.
    • 1895, Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen, The Japs at Home, page 199:
      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.

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References[edit]

  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary
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