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

Yes, it was Euphrosyne in full fig and in very active circulation.

From Under the Skylights by Fuller, Henry Blake

Had to be at the Exhibition in full fig at 10 a.m., and did not get home from the Fishmongers' dinner till 1.20 this morning.

From Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 2 by Huxley, Thomas Henry

Still there was everything very smart; Spigot in full fig, with a shirt frill nearly tickling his nose, an acre of white waistcoat, and glorious calves swelling within his gauze-silk stockings.

From Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour by Surtees, Robert Smith

We all turned out in full fig to receive him as he came up the side.

From Paddy Finn by Webb, Archibald