fico
Americannoun
plural
ficoesnoun
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a worthless trifle
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another word for fig 1
Etymology
Origin of fico
1570–80; < Italian fico, fica fig 1
Example Sentences
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Did I not wot well that she cared not a fico for me?
From The Armourer's Prentices by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
Did I not wot well that she cared not a fico for me?
From The Armourer's Prentices by Hennessy, W.J.
A fico for your small poetic ravers, Your Hunts, your Tennysons, your Milnes, and these!
From The Bon Gaultier Ballads by Doyle, Richard
We shall be off abroad, not later than the 8th June, and among the everlasting hills, a fico for your controversies!
From Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3 by Huxley, Leonard
“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 Leland, Charles Godfrey
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