Definitions for fag end
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
fag′ end′(n.)
(n.)the last part or very end of something:
the fag end of a rope.
the unfinished end of a piece of cloth.
Category: Textiles
a remnant or scrap, esp. of cloth at the end of a bolt.
Category: Textiles
Origin of fag end:
1605–15; >ME fagge flap
Princeton's WordNet
fag end, tail, tail end(noun)
the time of the last part of something
"the fag end of this crisis-ridden century"; "the tail of the storm"
fag end(noun)
the frayed end of a length of cloth or rope
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