Jimmys: nickname for signallers, from the figure of Mercury on their cap badge, commonly referred to as "Jimmy".

Mackay is allegedly the figure referred to in the phrase "the real McCoy".

The present bankruptcy level is £750, the same figure referred to in the company winding-up procedure above.

Atlantean figures, also commonly referred to as atlant or atlantes, are carved stone support pillars in the shape of fierce men.

The back and ribs are typically made of maple, most often with a matching striped figure, referred to as flame, fiddleback, or tiger stripe.

When you hear some figure referred to as the federal deficit, that is after this convenient bit of jiggery-pokery.

Ceramics were utilitarian, with the exception of small feminine figures referred to as "Venuses."

CompUSA, which operates 95 computer superstores, said the same-store figures referred to sales at the 80 stores open for more than a year.

Taema is the name of a female figure referred to in different legends in Samoan mythology.

The two figures referred to are shown below.