Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fag packet

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.19 in modern English

Syllables: fag -pack-et
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A cigarette packet.

British usage; Informal

Example Sentences

"But what they have done is to make an announcement and then patch it up with a 'back of a fag packet' announcement... and then practically banned fag packets! […] The list may have sounded impressive as Rishi Sunak rattled them off in his speech, but it did not take more than a cursory examination to reveal that the fag packet had been used to draw it up."

Usage

British usage
Informal

Inflected Forms

fag packets (plural)

Phrases

back-of-the-fag-packet

Frequently Paired Words

back-of-the-fag-packet

Questions

What does fag packet mean?: A cigarette packet.

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