What does fag-end mean?
Fag-end means (now chiefly India) The last remnant..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(now chiefly India) The last remnant..
But spatchcocked into the proceedings at the fag-end of the morning was a crisp and useful debate on toxic substances.
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 sad-coloured garments.
He wanted to drop the gentleman and go down into the ranks, beginning on the lowest rung of the ladder, where no one would know of his disgrace or mind it if he did know; his father and mother on the other hand would wish him to clutch on to the fag-end of gentility at a starvation salary and with no prospect of advancement.
He was out of his mind, completely and for ever mad, with this sudden shock coming upon the fag-end of his endurance.
Use fag-end when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Fag-end means (now chiefly India) The last remnant..
Common synonyms include tag end, tail end.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
But spatchcocked into the proceedings at the fag-end of the morning was a crisp and useful debate on toxic substances.
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