Faggery

//ˈfæɡəɹi// noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The system in boarding schools whereby younger students acted as servants for older students. UK, historical, uncountable

    "Was it to be borne, that when the Slaves had been emancipated in the West Indies, and the Factory children had, been relieved from their incessant labour, that they were still to be doomed to the servile condition of Faggery, and be kept six hours a-day in school?"

  2. 2
    Homosexuality. derogatory, slang, uncountable

Synonyms

All synonyms
faggotry

Example

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"Was it to be borne, that when the Slaves had been emancipated in the West Indies, and the Factory children had, been relieved from their incessant labour, that they were still to be doomed to the servile condition of Faggery, and be kept six hours a-day in school?"

Etymology

From fag + -ery.

Related phrases

boarding school

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