fag
Example Sentences
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The ICC cannot allow the championship to continue as if designed on the back of a fag packet.
From BBC • Apr. 22, 2025
Shadow justice secretary David Lammy said the plan lacked detail and was "written on the back of a fag packet" to "assuage" anti-racism protests.
From BBC • Jun. 15, 2020
In archival video from that day, a protester clambers to the top of the gates and sits there nonchalantly smoking a fag, while police in short-sleeved shirts look on in horror.
From The Guardian • Jun. 2, 2020
But at the fag end of the year the boom evaporated, and, coupled with lower demand from China, led to a pile-up of unsold chips at distributors and retailers.
From Reuters • Feb. 15, 2019
And they laugh and drink their tea and smoke their Woodbines and tell one another the fag is the only comfort they have.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
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