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fig-leaf en · NOUN

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1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of fig leaf.
   alt of fig leaf
   • And now it's quite obvious that instead of Mr [Donald] Rumsfeld and Mr. [Dick] Cheney listening attentively to Mr Blair's sage advice, they've simply been using him as a patsy - a convenient fig-leaf. 2003 March 16, Terry Jones, “Poor Tony Blair wakes up”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 Aug 2013:

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