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fagging
English
Verb
fagging
- present participle of fag
Noun
fagging (countable and uncountable, plural faggings)
- (Britain, historical, education) The system in boarding schools whereby younger students acted as servants for older students.
- 1841, The English Journal (volume 1, page 222)
- 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.
- 1922, Alexander McConnell, William Revell Moody, Arthur Percy Fitt, Record of Christian Work (volume 41, page 343)
- The public schoolboy is taught to bear whippings and faggings without murmuring.
- 1841, The English Journal (volume 1, page 222)
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gagging
English
Etymology
From gag +? -ing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??æ???/
Verb
gagging
- present participle of gag
Derived terms
- gagging for it
- gagging order
Noun
gagging (plural gaggings)
- A gag motion or reflex.
- 1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings
- She was restarted on L-DOPA later, in the middle of July, and this time the tongue-pulsions and gaggings were not evoked at all, but, on the contrary, a striking improvement occurred.
- 1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings
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