Meaning

3 senses
  1. (literally)The unsmoked end of a cigarette or cigar.

  2. (India, broadly, figuratively)The last remnant.

  3. (broadly, figuratively)The frayed end of a length of cloth or rope.

Origin

From fag (“cigarette”) + end.

From fag (“cigarette”) + end.

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Forms

plural: fag-ends

Synonyms

2 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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