fag

Definition

In textile inspections, a rough or coarse defect in the woven fabric.

Etymology

Probably from fag end (“remnant”), from Middle English fagge (“flap”).

Example Sentences

• "He′d Phase Out Fag Industry Los Angeles (UPI) - A UCLA professor has called for the phasing out of the cigarette industry by converting tobacco acres to other crops."
• "Oh, rent a flat above a shop / And cut your hair and get a job / And smoke some fags and play some pool / Pretend you never went to school"
• "All of them, like my mother, were heavy smokers, and after warming themselves by the fire, they would sit on the sofa and smoke, lobbing their wet fag ends into the fire."