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Date "FAG-END" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1883. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Fag-end (A). The selvedge or coarse end of a piece of cloth. This also is from facio, factum, meaning the part added after the piece is finished. The fag-end of a session means the last few days before dissolution. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
End | Noun: end, close, termination; desinence, conclusion, finis, finale, period, term, terminus, endpoint, last, omega; extreme, extremity; gable end, butt end, fag-end; tip, nib, point; tail; (rear); verge; (edge); tag, peroration; bonne bouche; bottom dollar, tail end, rear guard. |
Remainder | Noun: remainder, residue; remains, remanent, remnant, rest, relic; leavings, heeltap, odds and ends, cheesepairings, candle ends, orts; residuum; dregs; (dirt); refuse; (useless); stubble, result, educt; fag-end; ruins, wreck, skeleton., stump; alluvium. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| "FAG-END" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "FAG-END" is used about 5 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 5 | 157,705 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "FAG-END"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | csikk (butt, cigarette stub, cigarette-stub, fag end, stub, stump). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ag-endfay sladd (cord, end, rope, skid, string). (various references) ส่วนสุ"ท้ายหรือส่วนที่แย่ที่สุ", ก้นบุหรี่ (tab-end), ก้นกรองบุหรี่. (various references) phần bỏ đi, đầu xơ ra. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: defang, fanged. | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-f-g-n" | |
-1 letter: fadge, ganef. | |
-2 letters: aged, dang, deaf, dean, egad, fade, fane, fang, fend, gaed, gaen, gane. | |
-3 letters: age, and, ane, dag, den, end, eng, fad, fag, fan, fed, fen, gad, gae, gan, ged, gen, nae, nag. | |
-4 letters: ad, ae, ag, an, de, ed, ef, en, fa, na, ne. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-f-g-n" | |
+1 letter: defangs, flanged. | |
+2 letters: defacing, defaming, defanged, fanegada, fenagled, finagled. | |
+3 letters: deafening, defanging, defatting, defeating, deflating, defleaing, defoaming, defraying, engrafted, fanegadas, gardenful, ingrafted, magnified, prefading. | |
+4 letters: bedwarfing, defaulting, defecating, defilading, defrauding, enfilading, federating, firefanged, foredating, fragmented, gardenfuls, grainfield, ladyfinger, newfangled, oldfangled, redrafting. | |
+5 letters: bedeafening, deadlifting, deafeningly, defalcating, defoliating, denazifying, dragonflies, fecundating, feudalizing, fingerboard, frankpledge, freeloading, godforsaken, grainfields, grandfather, ladyfingers, redefeating, unmagnified. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage Frequency 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Anagrams 6. Bibliography |
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