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fag end

 
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–noun
1. the last part or very end of something: the fag end of a rope.
2. the unfinished end of a piece of cloth; remnant.
Origin:
1605–15
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fag end  
n.  
  1. The frayed end of a length of cloth or rope.
    1. An inferior or worn-out remnant.
    2. The last part: "the fag end of this crisis-ridden century" (Wallace Irwin, Jr.)

[Middle English fagge, fag, broken thread in cloth, something that hangs loose.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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