fainites

British

/ ˈfeɪnaɪts /

interjection

dialect a cry for truce or respite from the rules of a game

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Etymology

Origin of fainites

C19: from fains I I decline, from feine feign, from Old French se feindre in the sense: back out, esp of battle

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