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split-fig
split-fig n.
Brit. 
/ˈsplɪtfɪɡ/
, /ˈsplɪtfɪɡ/U.S. /ˈsplɪtˌfɪɡ/
(see quots.)./ˈsplɪtˌfɪɡ/ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > selling > seller > sellers of specific things > [noun] > seller of provisions > stingy
split-fig1699
1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Split-fig, a Grocer.
1882 F. W. P. Jago Anc. Lang. & Dial. Cornwall 274 Split-fig, a very stingy person. Nickname for a grocer who would cut a raisin in two, rather than give overweight.
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- to proclaim upon the housetops
- to proclaim war
- to produce in evidence
- to produce the goods
- to proffer a candle before or to the devil
- to prolong one's agony
- to prolong the agony
- to promise fair
- to promise oneself
- to promise oneself something
- to promise the earth
- to promise the moon
- to propose a person's health
- to prosecute the law against
- to prosecute the law upon
- to protest for remedy of law
- to prove a maidenhead
- to prove a scienter
- to prove a woman's maidenhead
- to prove conclusions
- to prove fatal
- to prove fatal to
- to prove masteries
- to prove oneself a match for
- to prove out