were fagging
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past progressiveof fag.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
fagnouna contemptuous term used to refer to a gay man.
Example Sentences
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But each day it was plain to be seen that they were fagging fast.
From A Texas Matchmaker by Andy Adams
He had dismounted from his heavy coach, while the horses were fagging up hill, and by the help of a great crutch-staff of ebony, ornamented with silver, was toiling after them.
From The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 1 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... by George Augustus Sala