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fig n OED ~ sb1 5 dial, EDD ~ 2 s w cties for sense 1;
for combs. in sense 2: EDD 2 (10) ~ duff, (14) ~ pudding. See also FIGGY.
1 A raisin.
1858 [LOWELL] i, 128 [I] get a
marsel o' figs, or sech-like, for my poor, dear maid; hopin, mayhap the faver m'y take a
turn. 1896 J A Folklore ix, 35 Raisins are universally known as figs. 1933
GREENLEAF xxiv There would be ... steamed pudding with 'figs' as they called raisins. T
169-652 And I went over there and got the pound o' figs and he filled up me
two little hands.
2 Comb fig duff: boiled pudding
containing raisins.
1923 CHAFE 23 [Under a law of 1916] 'Fig Duff'
was to be served three times a week [to sealers]. 1952 SMITH 169 Items called for
included fresh vegetables, soft bread now and again, 'fig duff' three times weekly.
fig pudding: see fig duff.
1869 MCCREA 84 For the Gordian knot of the first course was cut
only to be once reravelled with gooseberry-tart and clotted cream—actually clotted
cream, as good as Devonshire ever boasted of—fig-pudding, jellies, and tipsy-cake.
fig tit: raisins wrapped in a thin cloth and given to older
babies to suck (M 68-18).
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