fag end

fag end

noun

Definition of FAG END

1

a : a poor or worn-out end : remnant

b : the extreme end

2

a : the last part or coarser end of a web of cloth

b : the untwisted end of a rope

Examples of FAG END

1. <a patchwork quilt sewn together from the fag ends of many bolts of cloth>

Origin of FAG END

earlier fag, from Middle English fagge flap

First Known Use: 1600

Related to FAG END

Synonyms

end, ¹scrap, leftover, oddment, remainder, remnant, stub

Related Words

leavings, odds and ends, pickings, refuse, remains, residual, residue, scraping(s), stump, vestige; balance, rest; chip, flake, fragment, piece, sliver, splinter; ribbon(s), shred, tatter

Near Antonyms

whole

Rhymes with FAG END

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