fag-end

• fag end

fag-end (plural fag-ends)

1. last remnant
   • 1898, Joseph Conrad, Youth

     He was out of his mind; completely and for ever mad, with this sudden shock coming upon the fag-end of his endurance.

   • 1981, New Scientist, 22nd Oct. issue, Fresh Air at Brighton, page 265

     But spatchcocked into the proceedings at the fag-end of the morning was a crisp and useful debate on toxic substances.

2. frayed end of a length of cloth or rope
3. The unsmoked end of a cigarette or cigar

• tag end
• tail end

• defang, fanged