fadge
Meanings
verb
- To be suitable (with or to something).
- To agree, to get along (with).
- To get on well; to cope, to thrive.
- To eat together.
- To move with a gait between a jog and a trot.
noun
- Irish potato bread; a flat farl, griddle-baked, often served fried.
- A wool pack, traditionally made of jute, now often synthetic.
- A small loaf or bun made with left-over dough.
- A gait of horses between a jog and a trot.
noun
- A farthing (old coin).
noun
- A vagina.
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Unknown. According to Chambers, from Old English fēġan (“to join or fit together”); Liberman suggests a Middle English variant of fagot (“bundle of sticks”). Compare also Old English feċġan (“to seize, take hold, bring to”).
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