"fag packet" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fag packets [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} fag packet (plural fag packets)
  1. (UK, informal) A cigarette packet. Tags: UK, informal Related terms: back-of-the-envelope
    Sense id: en-fag_packet-en-noun-Z7wb7MvL Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for fag packet meaning in English (1.3kB)

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          "text": "But what they have done is to make an announcement and then patch it up with a 'back of a fag packet' announcement... and then practically banned fag packets! […] The list may have sounded impressive as Rishi Sunak rattled them off in his speech, but it did not take more than a cursory examination to reveal that the fag packet had been used to draw it up.",
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        "(UK, informal) A cigarette packet."
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