Fig-sew

//ˈfɪɡˌsjuː// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Ale boiled with wheaten bread and figs, a common Good Friday dish. countable, dialectal, historical, uncountable

Etymology

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

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