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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Above all, he is to most other movie actors what a young oak is to a pile of fagots.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
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
She thrust more fagots into the fire, laughing wickedly when the flames flared higher and higher.
From Great Opera Stories Taken from Original Sources in Old German by Millicent Schwab Bender
