Толковый словарь английского языка - fag
Fag
fag
I. verb (~ged; ~ging) Etymology: perhaps from obsolete ~ to droop, from ~ ~ end Date: 1772 intransitive verb to work hard ; toil , transitive verb to tire by strenuous activity ; exhaust , see: tire II. noun Date: 1780 toil , drudgery , drudge 1, III. noun Etymology: probably short for ~got Date: 1785 an English public-school boy who acts as servant to an older schoolmate, IV. intransitive verb Date: 1806 to serve as a ~ especially in an English public school , V. noun Etymology: ~ end Date: circa 1888 cigarette , VI. noun Date: 1921 ~got , ~gy adjective, usually disparaging
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1. n. & v. --n. 1 esp. Brit. colloq. a piece of drudgery; a wearisome or unwelcome task. 2 sl. a cigarette. 3 Brit. (at public schools) a junior pupil who runs errands for a senior. --v. (fagged, fagging) 1 a tr. (often foll. by out) tire out; exhaust. b intr. toil. 2 intr. Brit. (in public schools) act as a fag. 3 tr. Naut. (often foll. by out) fray (the end of a rope etc.). Phrases and idioms fag-end sl. 1 Brit. a cigarette-end. 2 an inferior or useless remnant. Etymology: orig. unkn.: cf. FLAG(1) 2. n. US sl. often offens. a male homosexual. Etymology: abbr. of FAGGOT ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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