SNAPDRAGON
\snˈapdɹaɡən], \snˈapdɹaɡən], \s_n_ˈa_p_d_ɹ_a_ɡ_ə_n]\
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A play in which raisins are snatched from a vessel containing burning brandy, and eaten; also, that which is so eaten. See Flapdragon.
By Oddity Software
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A plant, so called because the lower lip of the corolla when parted shuts with a snap like a dragon's jaw: a play in which raisins are snatched from burning brandy, also the raisins so taken.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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