fico
Americannoun
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ficoes
plural
noun
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a worthless trifle
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another word for fig 1
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of fico
1570–80; < Italian fico, fica fig 1
Example Sentences
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A fico for your small poetic ravers, Your Hunts, your Tennysons, your Milnes, and these!
From The Bon Gaultier Ballads by Richard Doyle
So that your tale be well-salted and well-spiced, a fico for evidence!
From The Life of Cesare Borgia by Rafael Sabatini
“One day men digging in the garden found a tablet of stone or metal on which was inscribed: “‘Il fico rispettate E non la toccate,’ E non cercate Neppure mangiarne.’
From Legends of Florence Collected from the People, First Series by Charles Godfrey Leland
He has thus feelingly expressed this glorious sentiment— Eu desta gloria so’ fico contente Que a minha terra amei, e a minha gente.
From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Isaac Disraeli
A fico for the paltry lost cities of musty tradition, now!
From The Lost City by Jos. E. (Joseph Edward) Badger
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