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To cause to become tired, weary or fatigued
“Correspondents multiplied fearfully upon me, and my pen was tasked to such a degree as to fag me out, and to produce the malady which has harassed me for nearly a year past.”
To apply great and continuous effort
“I hope you continue to fag at it, and remember that such doings are not to be accomplished without a good deal of perseverance.”
To deplete, or be depleted, in physical strength or energy
A tiring or unwelcome task
“So instead of a relaxing end to a busy social week, diving has become a fag and a beastly chore.”
A cigarette
“Lina was smoking a fag in the back, as Moses wound down the windows, pretending to cough.”
A person who works very hard, typically without proper remuneration or appreciation
(vulgar, offensive) A homosexual man, especially an effeminate one
A climbing plant which climbs by its shoots growing in a helix around a support (distinct from a vine, which climbs using tendrils or suckers)
A derogatory term for a person who performs oral sex on the male genitalia
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