full fig
Example Sentences
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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
Having got themselves up in full fig, as required on such occasions, they pulled away for the flag-ship.
From The Three Admirals by Wells, J.R.
Opening the door without knocking, what should he find but the swell huntsman, Mr. Bragg, full fig, in his cap, best scarlet and leathers, astride a saddle-stand, sitting for his portrait!
From Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour by Surtees, Robert Smith
He was a gallant six-footer of a Highlander "in full fig," with bright tartans, bare knees, barred leggings, and blue bonnet and the most vermilion of cheeks.
From Redburn. His First Voyage by Melville, Herman
Canby, who preceded me at the appointed spot, a house near the railway, was escorted by a brigade with a military band, and accompanied by many officers in "full fig."
From Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War by Taylor, Richard
