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Default Fag End
Bart Senior wrote:
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.


otnmbrd wrote:
Irish Pennant

Shucks, that's what I was going to say.

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