Plural of fagot; bundles of sticks tied together for fuel or construction, or portions of seasoned pork offal and breadcrumbs formed into balls and baked.
From Old French fagot, possibly from Italian fagotto or related to Latin fascis (bundle). The word had two major uses in English: literal bundles of sticks from medieval times onward, and a traditional British meat dish developed in the 19th century.
The same word refers to both medieval fuel bundles and a traditional British working-class dish—'fagots and peas' were poor person's food, stretching offal and breadcrumbs into affordable protein!
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