fag end
- the last part or coarse end of a piece of cloth
- the frayed, untwisted end of a rope
- the last and worst part of anything; remnant
See fag end in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun- The frayed end of a length of cloth or rope.
a. An inferior or worn-out remnant.
b. The last part: “the fag end of this crisis-ridden century” (Wallace Irwin, Jr.)
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