Meaning of fag-end | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The last remnant.
   India
2. The frayed end of a length of cloth or rope.
3. The unsmoked end of a cigarette or cigar.

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

“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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