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fag-end (iou)



fag-end noun. E17.
[from FAG noun2 + END noun.]
The last part of a piece of cloth, freq. of a coarser texture than the rest. Chiefly transf., the last part or tail-end of something, remaining after the best has been used up. E17.
W. Golding He was our lodger, hanging on to the fag-end of his life.
An untwisted end of a rope. L18.
A cigarette-end. Cf. FAG noun2 4. colloq. E20.