fadge

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

FADGE, verb intransitive [Latin pango, pegi, pepegi, figo; Gr.] 1. To suit; to fit; to come close, as the parts of things united. Hence, to have one part consistent with another. 2. To agree; to live in amity. 3. To succeed; to hit. [This word is now vulgar, and improper in elegant writing.]
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