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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Although "fagging" has been abolished at some institutions, many a middle and upper-class Englishman likes to believe that the rigors of public school life fit youngsters to become Backbone-of-the-Empire.

From Time Magazine Archive

And there's the island in the furthest corner; you'll know that well enough next half, when there's island fagging.

From Tom Brown's School Day's by Hughes, Thomas