faggot
noun/ˈfæɡət/
/ˈfæɡət/
- (British English) meat cut into small pieces and mixed with bread to form a ball, then baked or fried and eaten hotTopics Foodc2
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- (also fag)(North American English, taboo, offensive, slang) an offensive word for a gay man
- a bunch of sticks tied together, used for burning on a fire
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘bundle of sticks for fuel’): from Old French fagot, from Italian fagotto, based on Greek phakelos ‘bundle’.
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