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Fig leaf

noun

A leaf from a fig tree.

A covering consisting of anything intended to conceal something regarded as shameful.

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"Fig leaf" Quotes from Famous Books

... a smiling aspect instead of the dull and listless manner which she had just had. "You see my skirt? Well, my manager makes me wear it so long. These managers are too tiresome. As for me, the shorter the skirt the better I like it. There is always too much of it. A simple fig leaf! Mon Dieu, that is enough! You agree with me, don't you, my dear, that it is not necessary to have more than a fig leaf? Look then at this great dowdy ...

— Introduction to the Science of Sociology • Robert E. Park

... boats, began to dress their dinner, to all appearances, wholly unconcerned about us, though we were within half-a-mile of them. We thought it remarkable that of all the people we had yet seen, not one had the least appearance of clothing, the old woman herself being destitute even of a fig leaf. ...

— The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888 • Ernest Favenc

Words linked to "Fig leaf" : leaf, covering, foliage, leafage