fig-leaf

fig-leaf (plural fig-leaves)

1. Alternative spelling of fig leaf.
   • 2003 March 16, Terry Jones, “Poor Tony Blair wakes up”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian‎^[1], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 August 2013:

     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.