Fag+end

  • 11fag end — 1. the last part or very end of something: the fag end of a rope. 2. the unfinished end of a piece of cloth; remnant. [1605 15] * * * …

    Universalium

  • 12fag end — /ˈfæg ɛnd/ (say fag end) noun 1. the last part or very end of something, especially a remnant. 2. the unfinished end of a piece of cloth. 3. the stub of a finished cigarette …

  • 13fag end — noun (C) informal 1 BrE the end of a cigarette that someone has finished smoking 2 the fag end of especially BrE the last part of something, especially when it is not as good or interesting as the rest …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 14fag-end — see fag end …

    English dictionary

  • 15fag end — noun Etymology: earlier fag, from Middle English fagge flap Date: 1600 1. a. a poor or worn out end ; remnant b. the extreme end 2. a. the last part or coarser end of a web of cloth b. the untwisted end of a rope …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 16fag end — Synonyms and related words: Thule, Ultima Thule, afterglow, afterimage, balance, bitter end, bottom dollar, boundary, butt, butt end, candle ends, chaff, debris, detritus, end, extreme, extremity, farthest bound, filings, fossil, holdover, husks …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 17fag-end —  1. Cigarette end.  2. End …

    A concise dictionary of English slang

  • 18fag-end — noun a) last remnant b) frayed end of a length of cloth or rope …

    Wiktionary

  • 19fag end — last part of something after the best part of it has been used; leftover of cloth; (British) cigarette butt …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 20fag-end — Noun. A cigarette butt …

    English slang and colloquialisms