Meanings
nounfig-leaf (plural fig-leaves)
plural fig-leaves
- alternativeAlternative spelling of fig leaf.
And now it's quite obvious that instead of Mr [Donald] Rumsfeld and Mr. [Dick] Cheney listening attentively to Mr Blair's sage advice, they've simply been using him as a patsy - a convenient fig-leaf.
2003 March 16, Terry Jones, “Poor Tony Blair wakes up”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 Aug 2013
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fig-leaf. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fig-leaf
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fig-leaf,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fig-leaf.
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