Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Full of figs or raisins: as, a figgy pudding.
- Resembling figs; specifically, in soap-making, containing white granulations of stearate of potash. See
figging .
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- adjective Of or like
figs . - adjective Containing figs.
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Examples
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The city's best mixologist, Jen Agg, crafts zingy cocktails such as figgy caipirinhas (fig and lime with a killer punch) and bacon old-fashioneds (wherein rye is infused with house-smoked cured bacon and mixed with cherry syrup, bitters and orange zest).
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Joanne Kates 2010
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Dramatic pause, as your audience looks up expectantly from their figgy pudding.
Jared Bernstein: Pesky Brother-in-Law: Christmas Edition Jared Bernstein 2011
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Dramatic pause, as your audience looks up expectantly from their figgy pudding.
Jared Bernstein: Pesky Brother-in-Law: Christmas Edition Jared Bernstein 2011
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So we won't think it at all odd if you want to talk turkey -- or yam, or pecan pie, or figgy pudding -- during today's Free Range chat.
Chat Leftovers: Crystals in her cheddar Jane Touzalin 2010
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Dramatic pause, as your audience looks up expectantly from their figgy pudding.
Jared Bernstein: Pesky Brother-in-Law: Christmas Edition Jared Bernstein 2011
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Those awful hamantaschen with the figgy prune inside are not pleasing to the palate until one is well into her diabetic sixties, just for the record!
Roseanne Archy Roseanne Barr 2011
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Those awful hamantaschen with the figgy prune inside are not pleasing to the palate until one is well into her diabetic sixties, just for the record!
Roseanne Archy Roseanne Barr 2011
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Dramatic pause, as your audience looks up expectantly from their figgy pudding.
Jared Bernstein: Pesky Brother-in-Law: Christmas Edition Jared Bernstein 2011
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Those awful hamantaschen with the figgy prune inside are not pleasing to the palate until one is well into her diabetic sixties, just for the record!
Roseanne Archy Roseanne Barr 2011
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Dramatic pause, as your audience looks up expectantly from their figgy pudding.
Jared Bernstein: Pesky Brother-in-Law: Christmas Edition Jared Bernstein 2011
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