Flap Dragon (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Flap Dragon

A clap, or pox.

Definition taken from The 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, originally by Francis Grose.

See also the definition in Nathan Bailey's 1736 dictionary of canting and thieving slang.

Flam * To Flare

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Nathan Bailey's 1736 Dictionary of canting and thieving slang

John S. Farmer's collection of canting songs and slang rhymes

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Fire Ship
Fire Shovel
Fish
Fit
Five Shillings
Fizzle
Flabagasted
Flabby
Flag
Flam
Flap Dragon
To Flare
Flash
Flash Panneys
Flash-1
To Flash
To Flash the Hash
Flash Ken
Flash Lingo
Flash Man
Flat