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faggings

faggings is the plural of fagging.

Meaning of fagging

Noun

fagging (countable and uncountable, plural faggings)

  1. (UK, historical) The system in boarding schools whereby younger students acted as servants for older students (potentially in a sexual or abusive way).
    • We are happy we never had anything to do with faggings and floggings. We can well remember the terrific impression they made on our mind, as our friends were afflicted by them.1841, The English Journal, volume 1, page 222
    Synonyms:
    faggery

Questions about faggings

What is faggings the plural of?
Faggings is the plural of fagging.

Words near faggings in the dictionary

  1. faggifying
  2. faggily
  3. fagginess
  4. fagging
  5. fagging out
  6. faggings
  7. faggish
  8. faggishly
  9. faggishness
  10. faggit
  11. faggits

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