fag-end

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fag-end

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From fag (“cigarette”) + end.

noun fag-ends · fag end

literally The unsmoked end of a cigarette or cigar.
India, broadly, figuratively The last remnant. And though the annals of the period do not shew us that there was less ale drawn, or less canary called for; men got dry with the heat of polemical discussion, and drunk with a text, not the fag end of a ballad, in their mouths; and people made a sort of morality of straight hair, long faces, and sa
Similar: tag end, tail end
broadly, figuratively The frayed end of a length of cloth or rope.

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@misc{fag_end_2026,
  title = {fag-end},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fag-end},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}