flapdragon

 [flap-drag-uhn]  

flap·drag·on

   [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.
Origin:
1580–90; flap + dragon
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