full fig

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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

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

Presently before us appeared a gorgeous officer, in full fig.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 45, July, 1861 by Various

We all turned out in full fig to receive him as he came up the side.

From Paddy Finn by Webb, Archibald

Lo! is not one of the Queen's Pyebalds, in full fig, as great and foolish a monster?

From The Book of Snobs by Thackeray, William Makepeace