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nounflapdragon (countable and uncountable, plural flapdragons)
plural flapdragons
- countableobsoleteuncountableA 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, published 1616, →OCLC - countableuncountableAny 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] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]Synonyms: snapdragon
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny of the raisins in this game.
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flapdragon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flapdragon
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