flap dragon
The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia · 1910 · p. 61
[Eng. flap, and dragon.] [SNAPDRAGON.] 1. A game in which the players catch raisins, out of burning brandy, and having extinguished them by closing the mouth, eat them. 2. A small inflammable or burning substance set afloat in a gla of liquor. To swallow this unhurt while flaming was a proof of dexterity in a toper, and even candle-ends were sometimes used for the purpose. *flăp-drăg-on, v . t . [FLAP DRAGON.] To swallow at a gulp; to devour; to engulf.
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