figgy hobbin

A form of figgyhobbin — A kind of sweet pastry with raisins.

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Meanings

nounfiggy hobbin (countable and uncountable, plural figgy hobbins)

plural figgy hobbins

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of figgyhobbin.

    I visited poor Tom Permewan several times a week, bringing him various small titbits: a mutton pasty, a figgy hobbin, or a mackerel or bass if I had caught something; […]

    2010, Donald R. Rawe, Spargo's Confession: A Novel of Cornwall 1810-22, page 355
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    And these are no ordinary feasts; what with her pasties, saffron cake, "hoggans", "figgy hobbins", marinated pilchards, and, of course, her delicious cream, the Cornish woman has many unusual dishes with which to whet the appetite.

    1948, Norman Wymer, The Southern Shires, page 46
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