Figs

In Devonshire and Dorsetshire it undergoes a further transformation, for there Raisins are called Figs, and a Plum pudding is called a Fig pudding.

The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare Henry Nicholson Ellacombe 1868

The Gardens are a tremendous big place, with millions and hundreds of trees, and first you come to the Figs, but you scorn to loiter there, for the Figs is the resort of superior little persons, who are forbidden to mix with the commonalty, and is so named, according to legend, because they dress in full fig. These dainty ones are themselves contemptuously called Figs by David and other heroes, and you have a key to the manners and customs of this dandiacal section of the Gardens when

The Little White Bird; or, Adventures in Kensington gardens 1898

The Gardens are a tremendous big place, with millions and hundreds of trees; and first you come to the Figs, but you scorn to loiter there, for the Figs is the resort of superior little persons, who are forbidden to mix with the commonalty, and is so named, according to legend, because they dress in full fig. These dainty ones are themselves contemptuously called Figs by David and other heroes, and you have a key to the manners and customs of this dandiacal section of the Gardens when I tell you that cricket is called crickets here.

Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens Arthur Rackham 1898

The Gardens are a tremendous big place, with millions and hundreds of trees; and first you come to the Figs, but you scorn to loiter there, for the Figs is the resort of superior little persons, who are forbidden to mix with the commonalty, and is so named, according to legend, because they dress in full fig. These dainty ones are themselves contemptuously called Figs by David and other heroes, and you have a key to the manners and customs of this dandiacal section of the Gardens when I tell you that cricket is called crickets here.

Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens Arthur Rackham 1898

"In the name of the Prophet 'Figs'" was the pompous utterance ascribed to Dr. Johnson, whose solemn magniloquent style was simulated as Eastern cant applied to common business in _Rejected

Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie

In cases such as Figs 187 and 188, where the edges of the frames are grooved to receive panels, etc., the width of the tenon is reduced by the width of the groove.

Woodwork Joints How they are Set Out, How Made and Where Used. William Fairham

"Figs" was the fellow whom he despised most, and with whom, though always abusing him, and sneering at him, he scarcely ever condescended to hold personal communication.

Vanity Fair William Makepeace Thackeray 1837

Tranformer Lingerie - Cover Cleavage With a 'Figs' Bra (GALLERY)

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Transformer Lingerie - Cover Cleavage With a 'Figs' Bra (GALLERY)

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Ms. Bridgewater's favorite pattern, "Figs," was inspired by fig trees in a walled kitchen garden, owned by friends in Norfolk and planted by prisoners during the Napoleonic Wars.

The Queen of Mugs and Saucers Cecilie Rohwedder 2011