Definition of fag end

fag endnoun

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/ˈfæɡ end//ˈfæɡ end/

Word Originearly 17th cent. (in the sense ‘remnant’): from 15th-cent. fag ‘a flap’, of unknown origin. The current sense dates from the early 20th cent.

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the last part of a cigarette that is left after it has been smoked

Example:
  • The floor was littered with fag ends.

the last part of something, especially when it is less important or interesting

Example:
  • I only caught the fag end of their conversation.
  • the fag end of England’s industrial heyday