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Date: 1200-1300
Language: French
Origin: fagot, from Italian faggotto

faggot

 noun
     
Related topics: Food Dish
fag‧got [countable]
1 British EnglishDFF a ball made of meat mixed with bread, which is cooked
2 American English taboo informal a very offensive word for a homosexual man. Do not use this word.
3 old-fashionedDL small sticks that are tied together, used for burning on a fire
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