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- adjective Without
figs .
Etymologies
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fig + -less
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Examples
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The result was, that the child went figless away, and that I-- my edges curl as I record the humiliating fact -- was nailed to the counter as an example to others.
The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851 Various
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Though Paul plant and Apollos water, the field of reform will grow nothing but the figless thistle and the grapeless thorn.
The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays 1909 Ambrose Bierce 1878
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