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   Fag

   /faɡ/

   

   noun

   • 1. a tiring or unwelcome task: informal British "it's too much of a fag to drive all the way there and back again"
   • ▪ a junior pupil at a private school who works and runs errands for a senior pupil. informal British

   verb

   • 1. work hard, especially at a tedious job or task: informal "he didn't have to fag away in a lab to get the right answer"
   • ▪ (of a pupil at a private school) work and run errands for a senior pupil. informal

   Word Origin mid 16th century (as a verb in the sense ‘grow weary’): of unknown origin. Compare with flag4.

   Scrabble Points: 7

   • F

     4

   • A

     1

   • G

     2

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