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Definitions for Flapdragon
flap·drag·on
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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Flapdragonnoun
Etymology: from a dragon supposed to breathe fire.
He plays at quoits well, and eats conger and fennel, and drinks candles ends for flapdragons, and rides the wild mare with the boys. William Shakespeare, Henry IV. p. ii.
To Flapdragonverb
To swallow; to devour. Low cant.
Etymology: from the noun.
But to make an end of the ship, to see how the sea flapdragoned it. William Shakespeare, Winter’s Tale.
Webster Dictionary
Flapdragonnoun
a game in which the players catch raisins out burning brandy, and swallow them blazing
Flapdragonnoun
the thing thus caught and eaten
Flapdragonverb
to swallow whole, as a flapdragon; to devour
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Flapdragon in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Flapdragon in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
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