Well, the word of the day is most interesting today, and certainly meant to coincide with New Year’s Eve.
Flapdragon
| FLAP-drag-uhn\ |
| noun 1. an old game in which the players snatch raisins, plums, etc., out of burning brandy, and eat them. 2. the object so caught and eaten. |
| Quotes |
| Thou art easier swallowed than a flap-dragon. — William Shakespeare, Love’s Labour’s Lost, 1598 |
| Origin |
| Flapdragon entered English in the late 1500s as a portmanteau of flap and dragon. |
