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Bob Crantz
 
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Default Fag End
unlaid

"Bart Senior" wrote in message
. net...
A "fag end" is the end of a rope that has come unlaid. The
term comes from Middle English, flokken, which means to
flap about.

What is a more common term for this? 1 pt.
 
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