In British English, a bundle of sticks bound together for fuel; in other contexts, a meatball-like dish made from pork liver and spices.
From Old French 'fagot,' meaning a bundle of sticks, which comes from Greek 'phakelos' (bundle). The word has been used for centuries in English to describe bundles of firewood. The culinary dish takes its name from this bundled appearance. The word has also been misused as a slur in some regions.
This word perfectly shows how the same word can have completely different meanings in different countries—in Welsh cuisine, faggot and mash is a traditional comfort food, while British kids might collect sticks in a faggot, and you'd never guess that's what the word actually means in those contexts!
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