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 Imperial "Pots," and their young princely progenies.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105 October 7, 1893 by Various
Did I not wot well that she cared not a fico for me?
From The Armourer's Prentices by W.J. Hennessy
My wife, who is my inquisitor and confessor in ordinary, has gone over the lecture twice, without scenting a heresy, and if she and Mrs. Romanes fail—a fico for a mere male don's nose!
From Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3 by Leonard Huxley
A fico for the Earl of Leicester," said Teazle; "pr'ythee what sort of a soldier is he to oppose against the experienced captains and sturdy infantry of Spain?
From William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale by Henry Curling
We regard a free play of fancy as the privilege of every genuine Briton, and exclaim with Pistol, ‘A fico for all yea and nay rogues.’
From The Bon Gaultier Ballads by Richard Doyle
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