faggots

Noun

faggot (plural faggots)

1. (Ireland, UK, collective) 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.1853, Sir Francis Bond Head, A faggot of French sticks: or, Paris in 1851, page 2
2. (obsolete) Burdensome baggage.
3. A bundle of pieces of iron or steel cut off into suitable lengths for welding.
4. (dated, rare) 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.1961, Poul Anderson, Three Hearts and Three Lions
5. (Ireland, UK) A meatball made with offcuts and offal, especially pork.
   • 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.2008, Julie Hodgson, In My Father's Pockets, page 16

   Synonyms:

   duck

6. (offensive, vulgar, highly derogatory) A gay man, especially an effeminate one; (by extension) a non-heterosexual man.
   • Drag, Example: “All the fagots (sissies) will be dressed in drag at the ball tonight.1914, Louis E. Jackson and C.R. Hellyer, Vocabulary of Criminal Slang (Portland, OR: Modern Printing Co., 1914) page 30

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