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faggot
/ˈfæɡ.ət/
noun 5verb 1
Collocations
5ADJ.
better, better, fascist, light, real, red
VERB + FAGGOT
game, house, rest, waning, yelled
FAGGOT + NOUN
commies, french
PREP.
than, with
ADV.
fucking
Definitions
noun
1
A bundle of sticks or brushwood intended to be used for fuel tied together for carrying. (Some sources specify that a faggot is tied with two bands or withes, whereas a bavin is tied with just one.)
In the depth of, winter, however, a faggot of real French Sticks — although of little intrinsic value — may possibly enliven for a few moments an English Fireside.
Besides the logs and roots that simmered with turves and dung on the cottage fire, rapid heat for bread-making came from faggots - bundles of dry twigs about 4 ft long - which were fed into the oven, burned and then removed as ash before the dough went in.
2
Burdensome baggage.
3
A bundle of pieces of iron or steel cut off into suitable lengths for welding.
4
A burning or smouldering piece of firewood.
He clambered back on his feet and grinned at them. The waning faggot cast red light over his fangs.
To the east, the night grew a faggot of luminous gray, then seashell opalescence that dimmed the stars.
5
A meatball made with offcuts and offal, especially pork. (See Wikipedia.)
Today would be faggots in gravy and chocolate pudding with a white sauce. I didn't like faggots but picked at them and rolled the peas around my plate.
verb
1
Alternative form of fagot.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — a bundle of sticks and branches bound together
verb — bind or tie up in or as if in a faggot
verb — fasten together rods of iron in order to heat or weld them
verb — ornament or join (fabric) by faggot stitch
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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In the depth of, winter, however, a faggot of real French Sticks — although of little intrinsic value — may possibly enliven for a few moments an English Fireside.
Wiktionary02
Besides the logs and roots that simmered with turves and dung on the cottage fire, rapid heat for bread-making came from faggots - bundles of dry twigs about 4 ft long - which were fed into the oven,
Wiktionary03
He clambered back on his feet and grinned at them. The waning faggot cast red light over his fangs.
Wiktionary04
Faggot.
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Inge's mother was sitting on a stone to rest, with a faggot of sticks lying before her, which she had picked up in the wood.
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He's so much of a faggot.
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