10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FAG END»
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fag end in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
fag end and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
An Analytic Dictionary of the English Etymology: An Introduction
A pun on fag 'young boy in service of a senior' and fag end or any other fag
designating an object hanging loose is too obvious to miss in male company (cf
prick as a term of abuse), but those must have been secondary developments.
2
Cassell's Dictionary of Slang
SE fag-end, the way a pickpocket tugs at handkerchiefs, watch-chains etc, or dial.
fag, to cut corn with a sickle] fag n.4 [late 19C+] 1 a cigarette end. 2 a cheap
cigarette, usu. as issued to troops in WW1. 3 any cigarette; thus fag-ash, cigarette
...
3
E.M. Forster: The critical response: early responses ...
'I belong,' said Forster in a broadcast of 1946, 'to the fag-end of Victorian
liberalism.' The tone of comic-rueful self-deprecation is typical and also
misleading, since it soon becomes clear that Forster is by no means throwing
away the values ...
4
A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
(P.B.) iag~end at Marlborough and Tonbridge=interruption; fagends! at
Marlborough and fag-end off! at Durham=stop listening in!; at Durham fag—ends
=eavesdropping; fag-end, v.t., and pick up fag-ends at Oundle=t0 overhear, or to
interrupt: ...
5
The American Tailor and Cutter
As the former are wise and as a rule reap success, the reward of wisdom, they
will not again in this article emerge, as CarlylE would say, into notice ; but as the
latter, whom we shall term fag-end cutters, are unwise and almost invariably on
the ...
6
The Language of Sailing
104 fag-end - fake Fag-end the end of a rope, especially when unlaid and/or
frayed because unwhipped. Perhaps surprisingly, much older than its application
to cigarette-ends; indeed, 'fag' for cigarette is itself an abbreviation from 'fag-end'
in ...
7
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine
unruly spirits to whom even the rational degree of freedom enjoyed in the United
States has appeared cramping and insufficient. It is perhaps fortu~ nate for the
States, that they possess the sort of fag-end to their territory comprised between ...
8
Reports from Committees
5453- When you talk of fag-ends, are the Committee to understand you, that that
part of the piece which you call the fag-end, is precisely similar in colour, quality,
and finish to the rest of the piece ? — Every piece of cioth has an uneven end to ...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, 1851
9
Northwestern Christian Advocate
And a _fine company Dan would have to collectthe weak, the wayward, the silly,
the disheartened, the slow, the dull, the poor creatures generally! Ahl there is a
grand truth for us here, God is at the fag-end of the world. The fag-end of the
world ...
To do this, place the coil so that the front is up, with both fag ends visible on this
face. Pull the inside fag end (the fag end at the inside of the coil) from the front.
This will take out the turn in the rope, caused in coiling, and should avoid kinking.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FAG END»
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Sensex ends day 88 points up ahead of key macro data
However, some late-afternoon buying towards the fag end of the session helped it stage a comeback to close 87.74 points, or 0.32%, higher at ... «Daily News & Analysis, Jul 15»
UPA-nomics: High growth plus high inflation equals worse child …
UPA-1 reaped the twin benefits of rising wages and falling inflation – a position that started reversing towards the fag end of UPA-1 and in ... «Firstpost, Jul 15»
Heritage, tucked away
The museum at present receives groups of schoolchildren towards the fag end of the year, courtesy visits by its authorities to schools. «The Hindu, Jul 15»
How to walk on water
At the fag end of your rope, you will find God's hands, blistered from all that braiding! * * *. Here are three haikus I wrote, dedicated to Him Who ... «Inquirer.net, Jul 15»
Bradman to Pratt – 12 Ashes moments to remember
Adam Gilchrist, at 37, was at the fag end of his career and it seemed like his ability to crack the ball out of the ground was diminishing. To ones ... «Wisden India, Jul 15»
Kwid could arrest India slide for Renault
On top was France, followed by Russia, Brazil and Germany while the UK, South Korea and Morocco were at the fag end of the Top 15 list. «Hindu Business Line, Jul 15»
Is it truly 'test' Worthy?
What can I, at the fag end of my career, say to them? I can point out examples of those who have resisted temptations of the unethical kind and ... «Financial Express, Jul 15»
SC: May need to dilute NJAC or reform collegium system
At the fag end of the hearing on petitions challenging the validity of the NJAC, a five-judge bench of Justices J S Khehar, J Chelameswar, ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
alt-j: A private jet, a Mercury Prize and Latitude headliners
They played the festival's Lake Stage two years ago. They then returned a year later, at the fag end of the same intensive tour, to headline the 6 ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
Sensex Ends Day 116 Pts Higher, Nifty Reclaims 8500-mark
However, it wiped off losses completely on the back of across-the-board buying at the fag end of the session and rebounded to the session's ... «The New Indian Express, Jul 15»
