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The 87th Regiment of Foot were a British Infantry regiment formed in 1793 and known as the Prince of Wales' Irish. The 87th Foot received the nick-name 'Old Fogs' from their war-cry Fag-en-Bealach (clear the way). The regiment later became the Royal Irish Fusiliers.
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FAG is an abbreviation for Field Artillery Group
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Fag-ash Lil is British slang for a woman who smokes heavily.
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Fag-end is a slang expression for a cigarette butt.
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Fag-hag is slang for a woman who likes and prefers the company of Gay men (fags) over heterosexuals.
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Fag-hole is British slang for mouth.
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Fag is British slang for a cigarette, and American slang for a homosexual (see
fagot), giving rise to much confusion amongst English tourists asking have you got a fag mate?
Fag is public school slang for a younger boy who waits upon a bigger boy.
Fag was old British slang for an inferior cigarette.
Fag is Scottish slang for a sheep-tick.
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Fag packet is London Cockney rhyming slang for jacket.
Fag packet is London Cockney rhyming slang for a tennis racket.
Fag packet is London Cockney rhyming slang for a lot of noise (racket).
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Fag tag is American slang for the outside loop at the back of a standard American button-down Oxford shirt.
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Funny fag is British slang for a marijuana cigarette.
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