Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A dialectal variant of
fag .
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Examples
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Between starters and mains Maw and Paw Montana went for a "feg".
Irish Blogs Well Done Fillet 2010
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Between starters and mains Maw and Paw Montana went for a "feg".
Irish Blogs Well Done Fillet 2010
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"You can improve your gas mileage by around 3.3 percent by keeping your tires inflated to the proper pressure ..." www. fueleconomy.gov/feg/maintain. shtml
Hess Employee Who Gave $28,500 To McCain Effort Is A Renter 2009
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Oc or sei ðu in scrifte. to ðe prest sinnes tine. feg ðe ðus of ði brest filde. ⁊ feste ðe forðward.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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Of the "Eeny, feenity, fickety, feg" rhyme, we find these evident varieties.
Children's Rhymes, Children's Games, Children's Songs, Children's Stories A Book for Bairns and Big Folk Robert Ford
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The former is quite similar to the fal-feg ', except that instead of the single pair of barbs there are other barbs -- say, from one to ten pairs.
The Bontoc Igorot Albert Ernest Jenks 1911
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This spear is not considered at all serviceable as a hunting spear, and is not used in war as much as is the fal-feg '.
The Bontoc Igorot Albert Ernest Jenks 1911
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N.C. In reply to your letter of a feg days ago, our public schools are short, and I hardly know what would be the best means to resort to in order to revive them.
Biennial Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction of North Carolina, for the Scholastic Years 1898-'99 to 1899-1900 Charles Harden 1896
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Låt det gå, låt det gå! den, som stryker, är feg; förrn du stryker, gå hellre i krav!
Fritiofs Saga Esaias Tegn��r 1814
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Mair spier na, no fear na, Auld age ne'er mind a feg; The last o't, the warst o't.
The Journal of Sir Walter Scott From the Original Manuscript at Abbotsford Walter Scott 1801
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