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fag end
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun fag end has 2 senses
- fag end(n = noun.time) tail, tail end - the time of the last part of something; "the fag end of this crisis-ridden century"; "the tail of the storm" is a kind of end, ending
- fag end(n = noun.artifact) Array - the frayed end of a length of cloth or rope; Array is a kind of end, oddment, remainder, remnant
THESAURUS
fag end
Thule, Ultima Thule, afterglow, afterimage, balance, bitter end, bottom dollar, boundary, butt, butt end, candle ends, chaff, debris, detritus, end, extreme, extremity, farthest bound, filings, fossil, holdover, husks, jumping-off place, leavings, leftovers, limit, nib, odds and ends, offscourings, orts, parings, point, pole, rags, refuse, relics, remainder, remains, remnant, residue, residuum, rest, roach, rubbish, ruins, rump, sawdust, scourings, scraps, shadow, shavings, straw, stub, stubble, stump, survival, sweepings, tag, tag end, tail, tail end, tip, trace, vestige, waste
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