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pick up fag-ends verb

Pay attention to snippets of others’ conversation, perhaps without the full context, often with a view to joining in. Or butting in, if you will

Origin

Downsend School, though it was once quite a common expression

Collector

Mark – 1960s
Mark Iliff – owner

Notes

Fag-end is a UK slang term for a cigarette butt

Submitted: 07/11/2021 by Mark ● Last updated: 26/11/2024 16:19 by Mark

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