'Fag-end' definitions:

Definition of 'Fag-end'

From: GCIDE
  • Fag-end \Fag"-end"\, n.
  • 1. An end of poorer quality, or in a spoiled condition, as the coarser end of a web of cloth, the untwisted end of a rope, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. The refuse or meaner part of anything. [1913 Webster]
  • The fag-end of business. --Collier. [1913 Webster]