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   Fag end

   /ˌfaɡ ˈend/

   

   noun

   • 1. a cigarette butt. informal British
   • ▪ an inferior and useless remnant of something: informal British "the fag ends of rope"

   Word Origin early 17th century (in the sense ‘remnant’): from 15th-century fag ‘a flap’, of unknown origin. The current sense dates from the early 20th century.

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