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How to pronounce fag end in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms tail, tail end
Type of end, ending


the fag end of this crisis-ridden century.
Type Words
Type of end, oddment, remainder, remnant

Examples of fag end

fag end
Notts gave him a single first-class game that year, at the fag end of the season.
From the guardian.co.uk
Mouth full my brother offers a sticky fag end to the man from the power board.
From the stuff.co.nz
I won't say fag end as most people only seem to smoke half a cigarette today.
From the independent.co.uk
Through injury he played one one-day game at the fag end of that tour.
From the independent.co.uk
Labour optimists adduce 1992, when a fag-end prime minister scored an unexpected triumph.
From the economist.com
It's all fag-end believable, although the plot gets increasingly silly and far-fetched.
From the guardian.co.uk
For the first few years, it was played at the fag end of the season.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The convenient excuse for Mr Bush's performance is that he is at the fag-end of his presidency.
From the economist.com
However, this burst of activity may have been just the fag-end of the commercial-property boom.
From the economist.com