What does "flapdragon" mean?
Flapdragon: The thing thus caught abd eaten. Johnson. Cakes and ale, and flapdragtons and mummer's plays, and all the happy sports of Christians night. C. Kingsley.
Additional senses
- 2.To swallow whole, as a flapdragon; to devour. [Obs.] See how the sea flapdragoned it. Shak.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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