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The correct spelling is fag.

How to pronounce fag

/fæɡ/
noun

IPA: /fæɡ/

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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. 1.In textile inspections, a rough or coarse defect in the woven fabric.
  2. 2.(dated in US and Canada) A cigarette.
  3. 3.The worst part or end of a thing.
  4. 4.A chore: an arduous and tiresome task.
  5. 5.A younger student acting as a servant for senior students.

verb

  1. 1.(used mainly in passive form) To make exhausted, tired out.
  2. 2.To droop; to tire.
  3. 3.For a younger student to act as a servant for senior students in many British boarding schools.
  4. 4.To have (a younger student) act as a servant in this way.
  5. 5.To work hard, especially on menial chores.

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