fig-sue

noun

An old English dish of ale boiled with bread and figs.

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Meanings

nounfig-sue (uncountable)
  1. uncountableAn old English dish of ale boiled with bread and figs.

    It may not be amiss to notice that this fig-sue is a perfect cure for colds and coughs, if taken at bedtime.

    a. 1824, Westmorland as it was, John Briggs
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APA

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Chicago

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