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Fagging, a custom which formerly prevailed generally at most of the English schools, and is still practised at Eton, Winchester, Harrow, Rugby, and one or two other places.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar by Various

Fagging was the law; so the upper forms enslaved the lower ones.

From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 10 Little Journeys To The Homes Of Great Teachers by Hubbard, Elbert

The following outline of a recent quarrel at Winchester School serves to illustrate the System of Fagging as practised at one of our leading schools, among the "future clergy, lawyers, legislators, and peers of England."

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 343, November 29, 1828 by Various

Fagging was a fully established system at Eton and Winchester in the 16th century, and is probably a good deal older.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" by Various