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fig leaves in British English

plural noun
fig leaf
 

fig leaf in British English

noun
1. 
a leaf from a fig tree
2. 
a representation of a leaf, usually a vine leaf rather than an actual fig leaf, used in painting or sculpture to cover the genitals of nude figures
3. 
a device intended to conceal something regarded as shameful or indecent

Examples of 'fig leaves' in a sentence
fig leaves

All too many recent journey-quests are narrative fig leaves for mere landscape painting.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Ashamed of their nakedness, they sewed fig leaves together to make themselves aprons.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
No fig leaves, no protective covering, nothing.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
We need to be honest about where we are going, and resist the temptation to put up fig leaves.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Potatoes breathe out the muskiness of fig leaves; broccoli is laced with an almost-too-pungent relish of ham knuckle and smoked chilli — kapow.
Times, Sunday Times (2018)
On second thought, fig leaves may be too expensive - wild spinach and grass may have to suffice!
The Star (South Africa) (2005)
The briefs contain patches in the shape of fig leaves composed of a lead-free material that would, he claims, shield the wearer from radiation.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
With cash tendered, there will be no such fig leaves to hide behind if it all goes wrong.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
In environmental terms, their naked consumption of resources is concealed beneath gimmicky ecological fig leaves.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
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