"fagging" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: faggings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} fagging (countable and uncountable, plural faggings)
  1. (UK, historical, education) The system in boarding schools whereby younger students acted as servants for older students. Tags: UK, countable, historical, uncountable Categories (topical): Education
    Sense id: en-fagging-en-noun-pIw14T0B Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 86 14 Topics: education

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} fagging
  1. present participle and gerund of fag Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: fag
    Sense id: en-fagging-en-verb-Vi4dGgWB

Inflected forms

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