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FAG END

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The frayed end of a length of cloth or rope

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("fag end" is a kind of...):

end; oddment; remainder; remnant (a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The time of the last part of something

Example:

the tail of the storm

Synonyms:

fag end; tail; tail end

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("fag end" is a kind of...):

end; ending (the point in time at which something ends)

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