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单词 fig's end
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fig's end
b. Used contemptuously; so fig's end used as a substitute for some other word. Also as an exclamation. Cf. fiddlestick (s!, fiddlestick's end! at fiddlestick n. 3. Obsolete.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > contempt or disesteem [phrase] > expressions of contempt
a straw forc1374
to blow the buck's hornc1405
to go whistle1453
fig's enda1616
to do the other thing1628
indeed1834
(in a) pig's eye (also ear, arse)1847
drop dead1934
the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > paltry, mean, or contemptible
wretch?a1300
flea1388
figc1450
figo1589
fico1598
paltering1611
fig's enda1616
mockado1740
two pennyworth1851
a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) i. iii. 319 Vertue? a fig, tis in our selues, that wee are thus, or thus. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) ii. i. 251 Rod... Shee's full of most blest condition. Iag. Blest figs end. View more context for this quotation
1752 S. Foote Taste ii. 30 This is Mynheer Baron de——. Lady. Mynheer Figs-end.
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