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Webster 1913 Edition
Flapdragon
Flap′dragˊon
,Noun.
1.
A game in which the players catch raisins out burning brandy, and swallow them blazing.
Johnson.
2.
The thing thus caught and eaten.
Johnson.
Cakes and ale, and
flapdragons
and mummer’s plays, and all the happy sports of Christians night. C. Kingsley.
Flap′dragˊon
,Verb.
T.
To swallow whole, as a flapdragon; to devour.
[Obs.]
See how the sea
flapdragoned
it. Shakespeare
Webster 1828 Edition
Flapdragon
FLAP'DRAGON
,Noun.
1.
A play in which they catch raisins out of burning brandy, and extinguishing them by closing the mouth, eat them.2.
The thing eaten.FLAP'DRAGON
,Verb.
T.