Did you by any chance mean one of these? fatigue, finagle
Definitions
Wiktionary
- v. intransitive To evade work or shirk responsibility
- v. intransitive To renege in card games
Etymologies
- Unknown Britishism, of uncertain origin. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“One proposed origin is in the southwest English shires: fainaigue, “to cheat; to renege on a debt; to deceive by flattery,” perhaps associated with the Old French fornier, “to deny.””
Simon & Schuster: The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time
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