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Rarefag
The correct spelling is fag.
How to pronounce fag
/fæɡ/
nounIPA: /fæɡ/
Say it like: Fag
The correct spelling is fag. In textile inspections, a rough or coarse defect in the woven fabric. For example: "Why did you do that, you fag?"
Usage Examples
“Why did you do that, you fag?”
Meanings
noun
- 1.In textile inspections, a rough or coarse defect in the woven fabric.
- 2.(dated in US and Canada) A cigarette.
- 3.The worst part or end of a thing.
- 4.A chore: an arduous and tiresome task.
- 5.A younger student acting as a servant for senior students.
verb
- 1.(used mainly in passive form) To make exhausted, tired out.
- 2.To droop; to tire.
- 3.For a younger student to act as a servant for senior students in many British boarding schools.
- 4.To have (a younger student) act as a servant in this way.
- 5.To work hard, especially on menial chores.
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