fagot
noun
a bundle of sticks, twigs, or branches bound together and used as fuel, a fascine, a torch, etc.
fagots
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pluralof fagot.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Dimly I saw troops hurling great bundles of fagots on to the muck and mud in the bottom of the track, trying to build a bridge for our tanks to cross.
From Time Magazine Archive
Above all, he is to most other movie actors what a young oak is to a pile of fagots.
From Time Magazine Archive
Hysterical peasants and zealous priests pointed to a pile of fagots at his feet, again asked him to recant his life's teachings.
From Time Magazine Archive
Cilia had built up a little fire of fagots to heat water.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
It has always been carrying fagots to the feet of Philosophy.
From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany by Robert Green Ingersoll
