full fig
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Glossy magazines are stuffed with hunts in full cry, yachts in full sail, garden parties in full fig.
From Time Magazine Archive
Count upon me to turn up at the wedding in full fig with my holiday face on.'
From Mated from the Morgue A tale of the Second Empire by John Augustus O'Shea
I ought to have been in full fig.
From One Maid's Mischief by George Manville Fenn
Canby, who preceded me at the appointed spot, a house near the railway, was escorted by a brigade with a military band, and accompanied by many officers in "full fig."
From Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War by Richard Taylor
A deputation of the honourable the corporation of barbers duly attended, puffed out in full fig; and even the old quartermaster, pocketing his disappointment, was, at his own special petition, a forgiven and favoured guest.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 339, November 8, 1828 by Various
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