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  • 1fag — 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… …

  • 2fag — I. v. n. 1. Droop, sink, flag, grow weary, become fatigued, be tired. 2. Drudge, toil, work to weariness. 3. Be a fag, play the fag, do menial service. II. v. a. 1. Make a fag of, compel to serve or drudge. 2. Tire, weary, fatigue, jade, use up,… …

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  • 3fag — 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 …

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  • 4fag|ot — «FAG uht», noun, verb. –n. 1. a bundle of sticks or twigs tied together for fuel: »He built the fire with fagots. In dinner talk it is perhaps allowable to fling on any fagot rather than let the fire go out (James M. Barrie). 2. a bundle of iron… …

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  • 5fag — {{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.).… …

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  • 6fag — 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… …

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  • 7fag — 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… …

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  • 8fag — 1. noun a) In textile inspections, a rough or coarse defect in the woven fabric. All of them, like my mother, were heavy smokers, and after warming themselves by the fire, they would sit on the sofa and smoke, lobbing their web fag ends into the… …

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  • 9fag — (Roget s Thesaurus II) I noun 1. One who works or toils tirelessly: drudge, grub, plodder, slave. Informal: grind, workhorse. See WORK. 2. Chiefly British. Physical exertion that is usually difficult and exhausting: drudgery, labor, moil, toil,… …

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  • 10Miss Fag Hag Pageant — The Miss Fag Hag Pageant is a pageant contest for fag hags, referring to women who either associates mostly or exclusively with gay and bisexual men, or have gay and bisexual men as close friends. Contents 1 Origin 2 Background 3 American Miss… …

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