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Meaning of flapdragon | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A game in which the players take raisins out of burning brandy, and swallow them.
    countable, obsolete, uncountable
  2. Any of the raisins in this game.
    countable, uncountable

Examples

“From stabbing of armes, Flap-dragons[…]and all such swaggering Humors.”
“Thou art easier swallowed then a flapdragon.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

flaperon flapgate flapjack Flapjacks flapling Flapped

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