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Fag

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One who does, and perseveres in doing. In public schools, it means a little boy who waits upon a bigger one. Probably a contracted form of factor, factotum; Latin, fac-ĕre, to do.

Fag. Servant of Captain Absolute, who apes his master in all things. (Sheridan: The Rivals.)

“Even the mendacious Mr. Fag assures us, though he never scruples to tell a lie at his master’s command, yet it hurts his conscience to be found out.”—Sir Walter Scott.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Factotum
Fad (A)
Fada
Fadda
Fadge
Fadge
Fadha (Al)
Fadladeen
Faërie or Feerie
Faërie Queene
Fag
Fag-end (A)
Fagged Out
Fagin
Fagot
Fagot Votes
Fagots
Fahfah
Faids
Faience
Faineant