fig-sew

English

Etymology

From fig +‎ sew (“broth, gravy, juice”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɪɡˌsjuː/, /ˈfɪɡˌsuː/

Noun

fig-sew (countable and uncountable, plural fig-sews)

  1. (dialectal, historical) Ale boiled with wheaten bread and figs, a common Good Friday dish.

References

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.