Fag+end
21fag-end — …
22(the) fag end of something — the fag end of something phrase the last and worst part of something The debate will be held in the run up to the general election at the fag end of the Parliament. Thesaurus: ends, finishes and final stagessynonym Main entry: fag end …
23(the) fag-end of something — the fag end of (something) British & Australian, informal the last part of a period of time, usually the least interesting or least exciting part. We went away at the fag end of summer when all the shops and restaurants were starting to close …
24(the) fag-end of — the fag end of (something) British & Australian, informal the last part of a period of time, usually the least interesting or least exciting part. We went away at the fag end of summer when all the shops and restaurants were starting to close …
25the fag end of something — the last and worst part of something The debate will be held in the run up to the general election at the fag end of the Parliament …
26fag — fag1 [fag] vi. fagged, fagging [< ? FAG END] 1. to work hard and become very tired 2. [Brit. Informal] to serve as a fag or servant vt. 1. to make tired by hard work 2. [Brit. Informal] to employ (a boy) as a fag or servant …
27fag — Ⅰ. fag [1] Brit. informal ► NOUN 1) a tiring or unwelcome task. 2) a junior pupil at a public school who does minor chores for a senior pupil. ► VERB (fagged, fagging) 1) work hard. 2) …
28fag — [fæg] n [Sense: 1; Date: 1800 1900; Origin: fag end] [Sense: 2; Date: 1900 2000; Origin: faggot] [Sense: 3,4; Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Perhaps from FLAG2] 1.) BrE informal a cigarette …
29fag — fag1 /fag/, v., fagged, fagging, n. v.t. 1. to tire or weary by labor; exhaust (often fol. by out): The long climb fagged us out. 2. Brit. to require (a younger public school pupil) to do menial chores. 3. Naut. to fray or unlay the end of (a… …
30fag — I. /fæg / (say fag) Colloquial –verb (i) (fagged, fagging) 1. to work till wearied; work hard: to fag away at French. 2. to act as a fag. 3. to make a fag of. –noun 4. drudgery; toil. 5. British a younger boy at a public school required to… …
