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fig leaf 1. a leaf from a fig tree 2. a representation of a leaf, usually a vine leaf rather than an actual fig leaf, used in painting or sculpture to cover the genitals of nude figures How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Unfortunately, Willard's "comprehensive approach" would put all children at serious risk by leaving a loaded gun in every wired classroom while "protecting" children only through the fig leaf of policy and instruction. Yet, given the premise of drawing as a noun (and its supposed "finished" quality that arose during the '90s), and in the absence of any specific new criteria, the assertion seems part fig leaf, part fog machine. Social acceptance, while held out as a fig leaf to the potential converts, was much harder to come by. |
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