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- DictionaryFag end/ˌfaɡ ˈend/
noun
- 1. a cigarette butt. informal British
The meaning of FAG END is a poor or worn-out end : remnant. How to use fag end in a sentence.
The end of a roll or bale of cloth. A parasitic insect that infects sheep. The junior member of a group who performs menial tasks. A homosexual man (a shortened form of ‘faggot’). So, it could be that ‘fag end’ derives from one of those meanings.
Fag end definition: the last part or very end of something. See examples of FAG END used in a sentence.
the fag end of something the last part of something, especially when it is less important or interesting. I only caught the fag end of their conversation. the fag end of England’s industrial heyday
Add to word list. the last, and often worst, part of something: We always used to go on holiday at the fag end of the holiday season. (Definition of the fag end of something from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
If you refer to the fag end of something, you mean the last part of it, especially when you consider this part boring or unimportant.
5 days ago · If you refer to the fag end of something, you mean the last part of it, especially when you consider this part boring or unimportant.
