fainaigue

Meaning

Verb

To evade work or shirk responsibility.
To renege in card games.

Origin

Unknown Britishism, of uncertain origin.
Perhaps from fain, homonym of feign and ague or cognate French aigüe (as in maladie aiguë, “acute illness”) – literally “to act sick”.

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