flapdragon noun2 •Any of the raisins in this game.Thou art easier swallowed then a flapdragon. — 1595 •(no longer used) A game in which the players take raisins out of burning brandy, and swallow them.From stabbing of armes, Flap-dragons[…]and all such swaggering Humors. — 1600 formsflapdragons