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faggot

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Noun

  1. A bundle of sticks or brushwood intended to be used for fuel tied together for carrying. (Some sources specify that a faggot is tied with two bands or withes, whereas a bavin is tied with just one.)
  2. Burdensome baggage.
  3. A bundle of pieces of iron or steel cut off into suitable lengths for welding.
  4. A burning or smouldering piece of firewood.
  5. A meatball made with offcuts and offal, especially pork. (See Wikipedia.)
  6. A gay man, especially an effeminate one.
  7. A non-heterosexual man.
  8. A man considered weak, effeminate, timid, pathetic, emotional, non-heteronormative in some way.
  9. An annoying or inconsiderate person.
  10. A shrewish woman.
  11. A soldier numbered on the muster roll, but not really existing.
  12. A faggot voter.
  13. A lazy, weak, work-shy person.

Verb

  1. Alternative form of fagot.

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