Fag-end

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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     2. The refuse or meaner part of anything.
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              The fag-end of business.              --Collier.
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