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.

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.

Frayed.


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Wally wrote:
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.


Frayed.

Cigarette butt

Rick

I'll give you 1 point, bit it's not what I was looking for.

The term I was looking for was:

Cow's tail

it is also called a Deadman.

Wally wrote

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.

Frayed.

Horass.

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"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.

Very close Jon. You almost had it.

Jonathan Ganz wrote

Horass.

"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.

Very close Jon. You almost had it.

Horass is a dead man?

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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.



Irish Pennant

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.

DSK

Subject: Fag End
From: otnmbrd
Date: 07/01/2004 11:26 Pacific Standard Time
Message-id: . net



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.



Irish Pennant



I see you were absent that day they discussed "politically incorrect" nautical
terms ...... pick'n on the Irish like that (even if it is a correct answer)
....shame on you, ya racist Scot.

Shen