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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 transitive To swallow or devour.

 

 

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