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Flap-dragon

Flāp'-drāg'on, n.

noun

n. 1. A game in which the players catch raisins out of burning brandy, and, extinguishing them by closing the mouth, eat them. 2. The thing thus caught and eaten. Johnson.

Flāp'-drāg'on, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. To swallow whole like a flap-dragon; to devour. [Obs.]

See how the sea flap-dragoned it. Shak.