Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (2)
1.
the time of the last part of something;
- Example: "the fag end of this crisis-ridden century"- Example: "the tail of the storm"[syn: fag end, tail, tail end]
2. the frayed end of a length of cloth or rope;
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
fag end
n 1: the time of the last part of something; "the fag end of
this crisis-ridden century"; "the tail of the storm" [syn:
fag end, tail, tail end]
2: the frayed end of a length of cloth or rope