faggot voter

The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia · 1910 · p. 50
A person who holds or votes by right of a faggot-vote; a non-resident voter who for party purposes has obtained a merely legal qualification to vote, but who has no other interest in the county. ( Eng.) *faggot-waisted, *faggot-wasted, a . Arranged in pleats like a bundle of faggots. făg'-göt, făg-ot, v. t. [FAGGOT, 8.] 1. Lit.: To bind or tie up in a faggot or bundle. *2. To collect together. făg-got-ing, făg-ot-ing, pr.par., a. & 8. [FAGGOT, v.] A. & B. As pr . par. & particip. adj.: (See the coarser materials. 2. The latter or meaner part of anything. "But of that place I must not attempt to write at the fag- end of a letter." -Southey : Letters , iv. 486. II. Naut.: The fringed or untwisted end of a rope. făg (1), s. [FAG, v.] *1. A hard worker; a laborious drudge. 2. In English public schools a junior who has to perform certain duties, some of them of a menial character, for a senior. IMG:content-1353.jpg:[blocks in formation] C. As subst .: A term applied to the dre ing or binding of the prunings or superfluous branches and sprays of hedges. făg'-gy, a . [Eng. fag (v.); -y.] Tiring, fatiguing; as, a faggy day, one that tires a person by its sultrine or heavine .
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