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Word: Faggotry
Speech Type: Noun
mid 19th century; earliest use found in William Gladstone (1809–1898), prime minister and author. From faggot + -ry
W. E. Gladstone's term for: the action or practice of fraudulently contriving votes for a particular candidate or party by nominally transferring sufficient property to persons who would not otherwise be qualified to vote.
Frequently derogatory and offensive. The quality, state, or condition of being a homosexual man; homosexuality.
