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| | # {{US|technical}} In [[textile]] inspections, a rough or coarse defect in the [[woven]] fabric. | | # {{US|technical}} In [[textile]] inspections, a rough or coarse defect in the [[woven]] fabric. |
| | # {{US|technical}} A [[photovoltaic cell]] that is no longer in use. | | # {{US|technical}} A [[photovoltaic cell]] that is no longer in use. |
| − | # {{British|and|Australia|colloquial, dated in US and Canada}} A [[cigarette]]. | + | # {{UK|colloquial, dated in US and Canada}} A [[cigarette]]. |
| − | #* '''2001,''' [[w:Oliver Sacks|Oliver Sacks]], ''[[w:Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood|Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood]]'', [[w:Alfred A. Knopf|Alfred A. Knopf]] (2001), 15, | + | #* '''1968''' January 25, ''[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=25wSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NfcDAAAAIBAJ&dq=fag&pg=886%2C3714443 The Bulletin, Oregon]'', |
| | + | #*: He′d Phase Out '''Fag''' Industry |
| | + | #*: Los Angeles (UPI) - A UCLA professor has called for the phasing out of the cigarette industry by converting tobacco acres to other crops. |
| | + | #* '''2001''', [[w:Oliver Sacks|Oliver Sacks]], ''[[w:Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood|Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood]]'', [[w:Alfred A. Knopf|Alfred A. Knopf]] (2001), 15, |
| | #*: All of them, like my mother, were heavy smokers, and after warming themselves by the fire, they would sit on the sofa and smoke, lobbing their web '''fag''' ends into the fire. | | #*: All of them, like my mother, were heavy smokers, and after warming themselves by the fire, they would sit on the sofa and smoke, lobbing their web '''fag''' ends into the fire. |
| − | #* [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=25wSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NfcDAAAAIBAJ&dq=fag&pg=886%2C3714443 The Bulletin, Oregon, Jan 25, 1968] | + | #* '''2011''', Bill Marsh, ''Great Australian Shearing Stories'', [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=oESItJKqXJkC&pg=PT18&dq=%22fag%22|%22fags%22+australia+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=LG9LT9_BMoLvmAXCkeyyDg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false unnumbered page], |
| − | #*: He'd Phase Out Fag Industry: A UCLA professor has called for the phasing out of the cigarette industry.... | + | #*: So I started off by asking the shearers if they minded if I took a belly off while they were having a '''fag'''. Then after a while they were asking me. They′d say, 'Do yer wanta take over fer a bit while I have a '''fag'''?' And then I got better and I′d finish the sheep and they′d say 'Christ, I haven′t finished me bloody '''fag''' yet, yer may as well shear anotherie.' |
| | # {{UK|obsolete|colloquial}} The [[worst]] [[part]] or [[end]] of a [[thing]]. | | # {{UK|obsolete|colloquial}} The [[worst]] [[part]] or [[end]] of a [[thing]]. |
| | #* {{quote-book | | #* {{quote-book |
