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flapdragon

flapdragon noun: a game in which the players take raisins out of burning brandy, and swallow them.

Noun

flapdragon (countable and uncountable, plural flapdragons)

  1. (obsolete) A game in which the players take raisins out of burning brandy, and swallow them.
    • From stabbing of armes, Flap-dragons[…]and all such swaggering Humors.1600 (first performance), Beniamin Ionson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Cynthias Reuels, or The Fountayne of Selfe-Loue. […]”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby...
  2. Any of the raisins in this game.
    • Thou art easier swallowed then a flapdragon.c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
    Synonyms:
    snapdragon

Synonyms of flapdragon

Forms of flapdragon

pluralflapdragons

Questions about flapdragon

What does flapdragon mean?
Flapdragon means a game in which the players take raisins out of burning brandy, and swallow them.
What part of speech is flapdragon?
Flapdragon is a noun.
What is the plural of flapdragon?
The plural of flapdragon is flapdragons.

Words near flapdragon in the dictionary

  1. flapdoodler
  2. flapdoodlers
  3. flapdoodlery
  4. flapdoodles
  5. flapdoodling
  6. flapdragon
  7. flapdragons
  8. flaperon
  9. flaperons
  10. flapgate
  11. flapgates

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