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
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
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
As summer set in with his usual severity, Winter must not be behindhand with him; but after an occasional week's rain of a commendably boisterous character, must come out in full fig of frost.
From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 by Wilson, John
Sibthorp came out in full fig at Sir Robert Peel’s dinner.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, September 18, 1841 by Various
