fag-end

See also: fag end

English

Alternative forms

fag end

Noun

fag-end (plural fag-ends)

(now chiefly India) last remnant
- 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), OCLC 630079698, page 190:
  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.
- 1873–1884 (date written), Samuel Butler, chapter LXVII, in R[ichard] A[lexander] Streatfeild, editor, The Way of All Flesh, London: Grant Richards, published 1903, OCLC 546196, page 300:
  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.
- 1898 September, Joseph Conrad, “Youth: a Narrative”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXIV, number DCCCCXCV, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publication Co., page 315, column 1:
  He was out of his mind, completely and for ever mad, with this sudden shock coming upon the fag-end of his endurance.
- 1981, Tam Dalyell, New Scientist, 22nd Oct. issue, Fresh Air at Brighton, page 265
  But spatchcocked into the proceedings at the fag-end of the morning was a crisp and useful debate on toxic substances.
frayed end of a length of cloth or rope
The unsmoked end of a cigarette or cigar

Synonyms

tag end
tail end

Translations

cigarette butt — see butt

Anagrams

defang, fanged

单词	fag-end
释义	fag-end See also: fag end English Alternative forms fag end Noun fag-end (plural fag-ends) (now chiefly India) last remnant 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), OCLC 630079698, page 190: 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. 1873–1884 (date written), Samuel Butler, chapter LXVII, in R[ichard] A[lexander] Streatfeild, editor, The Way of All Flesh, London: Grant Richards, published 1903, OCLC 546196, page 300: 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. 1898 September, Joseph Conrad, “Youth: a Narrative”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXIV, number DCCCCXCV, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publication Co., page 315, column 1: He was out of his mind, completely and for ever mad, with this sudden shock coming upon the fag-end of his endurance. 1981, Tam Dalyell, New Scientist, 22nd Oct. issue, Fresh Air at Brighton, page 265 But spatchcocked into the proceedings at the fag-end of the morning was a crisp and useful debate on toxic substances. frayed end of a length of cloth or rope The unsmoked end of a cigarette or cigar Synonyms tag end tail end Translations cigarette butt — see butt Anagrams defang, fanged
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