full fig

noun

Full costume; uniform or evening dress.

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Meanings

nounfull fig (uncountable)
  1. informaluncountableFull costume; uniform or evening dress.

    He had evidently been instructed to await the royal party, and had on his full fig of fine black cloth full-dress uniform, top boots, spurs, and sword.

    1895, Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen, The Japs at Home, page 199

Origin

See in full fig.

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full fig. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/full%20fig

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“full fig.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/full%20fig. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “full fig,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/full%20fig.

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