Meaning of faggery | Babel Free
/ˈfæɡəɹi/Definitions
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The system in boarding schools whereby younger students acted as servants for older students. UK, historical, uncountable
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Homosexuality. derogatory, slang, uncountable
Examples
“Was it to be borne, that when the Slaves had been emancipated in the West Indies, and the Factory children had, been relieved from their incessant labour, that they were still to be doomed to the servile condition of Faggery, and be kept six hours a-day in school?”
“And, as faggery was an abuse too venerable and sacred to be touched by profane hands, he lodged no idle complaints.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.