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Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : fag
Phonetic Transcription : fæg

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Définition of fag

Origin :
  • "to droop, decline, tire," 1520s, apparently an alteration of flag (v.) in its sense of "droop." Transitive sense of "to make (someone or something) fatigued" is first attested 1826. Related: Fagged; fagging.
  • As in butt : noun cigarette
  • As in cigarette : noun small roll of tobacco
  • As in languish : verb droop; become dull, listless
  • As in tire : verb exhaust, weary
  • As in weary : verb make tired
  • As in jade : verb fatigue
  • As in moil : verb labor
  • As in poop : verb exhaust
  • As in tire out : verb exhaust
  • As in exhaust : verb tire or wear out
  • As in fatigue : verb tire, wear out
Example sentences :
  • Fag in mouth he dozed, was startled into wakefulness by a call from the Padre.
  • Extract from : « Norman Ten Hundred » by A. Stanley Blicq
  • FAG, a schoolboy who performs a servants offices to a superior school-mate.
  • Extract from : « A Dictionary of Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words » by A London Antiquary
  • Fagg′oting, Fag′oting, a kind of embroidery in which some of the cross-threads are drawn together in the middle.
  • Extract from : « Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) » by Various
  • Sentimental writers have gushed over the beautiful relation which it establishes between Fag-Master and Fag.
  • Extract from : « Seeing and Hearing » by George W. E. Russell
  • Fag Alley was reached and in its vicinity several machine guns were captured, and the teams either killed or taken prisoners.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the "9th King's" in France » by Enos Herbert Glynne Roberts
  • "Fag wanted," Sinclair murmured, hardly looking up from his imposition.
  • Extract from : « Sonia Between two Worlds » by Stephen McKenna
  • Fag, a schoolboy who performs a servants offices to a superior schoolmate.
  • Extract from : « The Slang Dictionary » by John Camden Hotten
  • Lucy returned to the stage for her scenes in the second act (the last in which she appears) with Sir Lucius and Fag.
  • Extract from : « No Name » by Wilkie Collins

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