Example Sentences

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The inquiry was told that Mr Hahn had opposed corporal punishment and the school did not feature other practices common to boarding schools such as "fagging."

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2021

It was she who fanned to new endeavor the fagging spirits of her husband, in those moments of discouragement which are apt to come to all engaged in intense scientific research.

From Scientific American • Oct. 28, 2011

The young servants are called fags, their service fagging, because in the 1660s "to fag" meant to toil.

From Time Magazine Archive

Eton was founded in 1440 by Henry VI, but fagging did not begin until the 17th century.

From Time Magazine Archive

No sooner were the tents pitched than the crowd assembled, and it was another noisy and fagging day.

From Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs by Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)