fag ends

plural of fag end
as in remainders
an unused or unwanted piece or item typically of small size or value a patchwork quilt sewn together from the fag ends of many bolts of cloth

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Noun
  • Groot and the city worked together on a food and yard waste collection program last fall, which included two locations at which residents could drop off their scraps for free.
    Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Feeding food scraps to worms or black soldier fly larvae.
    Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The walls are the only remnants of the old hotel site.
    Heather Richardson, Travel + Leisure, 6 Sep. 2025
  • British archaeologists recently found the remnants of a 17th-century house where Isaac Newton’s mother lived – not far from the site of his famous apple tree.
    Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2025
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“Fag ends.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fag%20ends. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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