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

Poor little Keeley stood beside the couch, holding her hand; he was still in full fig as Polichinel; and the grotesqueness of his attire contrasted strangely with the anguish depicted on his countenance.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, November 20, 1841 by Various

Coxswain I o' the Commodore's crew,— Under me the fellows that manned his fine gig, Spinning him ashore, a king in full fig.

From John Marr and Other Poems by Melville, Herman

Had to be at the Exhibition in full fig at 10 a.m., and did not get home from the Fishmongers' dinner till 1.20 this morning.

From Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 2 by Huxley, Thomas Henry

He was on his way to a party, and so was dressed in full fig, a thing he hated very much, but had to put up with on such occasions.

From The Wolf Patrol A Tale of Baden-Powell's Boy Scouts by Finnemore, John