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fag

UK/faɡ/ US/fæɡ/ fairly common slang uk us
noun (2) verb (3)

noun

1.
2.

verb

1.

act as a servant for older boys, in British public schools

2.

work hard

  • “She was digging away at her math homework”
  • “Lexicographers drudge all day long”
Synonyms
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Origin

Probably from fag end (“remnant”), from Middle English fagge (“flap”).

Phrases

  • brain fag
  • fag basher
  • fag break
  • fag cash
  • fag end
  • fag hag
  • fag lighter
  • fag mag
  • fag marriage
  • fag out
  • fag packet
  • fag rag

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