snap-dragon

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

SNAP'-DRAGON, noun 1. A plant, calf's snout, of the genus Antirrhinum, and another of the genus Ruellia, and one of the genus Barleria. 2. A play in which raisins are snatched from burning brandy and put into the mouth. 3. The thing eaten at snap-dragon
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