faggery

As I joined my comrades in the faggery, in the fond hope of snatching a precious quarter of an hour for my neglected studies, I found great excitement and jubilation afoot.

Tom, Dick and Harry Talbot Baines Reed 1872

When in due time I returned, somewhat depressed by what I had overheard, to the faggery, I discovered that the particular occasion of the triumphal shout referred to had been a proposal by Langrish to celebrate the approaching Fifth of November by hanging, and, if possible, burning

Tom, Dick and Harry Talbot Baines Reed 1872

At any rate, I felt heartily miserable, and wished I had never put foot outside the faggery that day.

Tom, Dick and Harry Talbot Baines Reed 1872

It is also resolved that the faggery be fumigated and disinfected during the holidays, and that any chap seen talking to you be refused to be let in till he has been vaccinated.

Tom, Dick and Harry Talbot Baines Reed 1872

And how jolly to tumble in at Sharpe's door once more, and slap one another on the back, and crowd up into the old familiar faggery, and hear all the old chaff and slang, interspersed with stories of the holidays, and second-hand Christmas jokes!

Tom, Dick and Harry Talbot Baines Reed 1872

Sweeten's fate was still fresh in the memory of some of the faggery.

Tom, Dick and Harry Talbot Baines Reed 1872

As soon as these personal matters were disposed of, I was tacitly admitted as a member of the honourable faggery, and invited to express my opinion on a matter which had been engaging the attention of the fraternity before I arrived.

Tom, Dick and Harry Talbot Baines Reed 1872

The faggery was astir early, and before breakfast the solemn ceremony of drawing lots for the scene of our revels took place.

Tom, Dick and Harry Talbot Baines Reed 1872

The Philosophers, when in due time they mustered in the faggery after their inspection of the scene of the outrage, were not slow in taking in the seriousness of the situation.

Tom, Dick and Harry Talbot Baines Reed 1872

That afternoon in the faggery our jubilant review of the situation was combined with a wind-up meeting of the Conversation Club for the term.

Tom, Dick and Harry Talbot Baines Reed 1872