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31fag — I [[t]fæg[/t]] n. v. fagged, fag•ging 1) sts Slang. a cigarette 2) brit. Chiefly Brit. drudgery; toil 3) brit. a younger pupil in a British public school required to perform certain menial tasks for an older pupil 4) a drudge 5) to tire or weary… …
32fag — English has three distinct words fag, none of whose origins is altogether clear. The oldest is the one which denotes ‘drudgery’. It is first recorded as a verb in the 16th century, meaning ‘droop, decline’; its more common noun uses, ‘hard boring …
33fag — {{11}}fag (n.) British slang for cigarette (originally, especially, the butt of a smoked cigarette), 1888, probably from fag end extreme end, loose piece (1610s), from fag loose piece (late 15c.), which is perhaps related to FAG (Cf. fag) (v.).… …
34fag — English has three distinct words fag, none of whose origins is altogether clear. The oldest is the one which denotes ‘drudgery’. It is first recorded as a verb in the 16th century, meaning ‘droop, decline’; its more common noun uses, ‘hard boring …
35fag — I. verb (fagged; fagging) Etymology: perhaps from obsolete fag to droop, from fag fag end Date: 1772 intransitive verb to work hard ; toil transitive verb to tire by strenuous activity ; exhaust …
36fag — n 1. British a cigarette. In Middle English fagge meant, as a verb, to droop or, as a noun, a flap or remnant. These notions gave rise to fag end and subsequently, in the 19th century, to fag as a stubbed out or limp, low quality cigarette. In… …
37Fag (disambiguation) — The term fag derives from the word flag , which is a variant of the Middle English word flacken (to flutter).Fag has several meanings: * fag (fag end) A collection of sticks, loose cloth or miscellaneous meat cuts.* fag (personal servant) An… …
38fag — 1. n. & v. n. 1 esp. Brit. colloq. a piece of drudgery; a wearisome or unwelcome task. 2 sl. a cigarette. 3 Brit. (at public schools) a junior pupil who runs errands for a senior. v. (fagged, fagging) 1 a tr. (often foll. by out) tire out;… …
39fag — I Australian Slang 1. cigarette (probably from fag end last part ); 2. smoke a cigarette; 3. male homosexual (shortening of faggot ) II Everyday English Slang in Ireland n cigarette III Inglish (Indian English) Dictionary Slang for cigarette IV… …
40fag — fag1 Brit. noun 1》 informal a tiring or unwelcome task. 2》 a junior pupil at a public school who does minor chores for a senior pupil. verb (fags, fagging, fagged) 1》 informal work hard. 2》 (of a public school pupil) act as a fag. 3》 [as… …
