full fig
Example Sentences
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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
Having got themselves up in full fig, as required on such occasions, they pulled away for the flag-ship.
From The Three Admirals by Wells, J.R.
I am continually tormented here by noble sportsmen going by my window in full fig.
From John Leech, His Life and Work. Vol. 1 by Frith, William Powell
He was a gallant six-footer of a Highlander "in full fig," with bright tartans, bare knees, barred leggings, and blue bonnet and the most vermilion of cheeks.
From Redburn. His First Voyage by Melville, Herman
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 O'Shea, John Augustus
