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Mr. Travers was a Suffolk man, and had fagged for Sir Walter at Eton.

From The Grey Room by Phillpotts, Eden

It promised all along to be fair, and we had fagged and tugged nearly to the top, when, at half-past six, there came a Mist upon us and shut out the view.

From Letters of John Keats to His Family and Friends by Keats, John

"I hope," ran the scrawl of the man for whom Cuxson had fagged at Harrow, "that this catches you at Port Said, because"—followed a badly expressed bit of business.

From Leonie of the Jungle by Conquest, Joan

It promised all along to be fair, and we had fagged and tugged nearly to the top, when, at half-past six, there came a Mist upon us, and shut out the view.

From Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame by Colvin, Sidney

He was incorrigible at Euclid, but he was excellent at cricket, and on this occasion he had fagged the Poet and the Pal�onto-theologist to bowl to and field out for him.

From 'That Very Mab' by Kendall, May