full fig
Appearance
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]See in full fig.
Noun
[edit]- (informal) Full costume; uniform or evening dress.
- 1895, Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen, The Japs at Home, page 199:
- 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.
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary