† flaskern.
Obsolete. rare.
(See quot. 1816.)
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society > trade and finance > trader > [noun] > smuggler > of certain goods
owler1690
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flasker1816
opium smuggler1841
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dope-smuggler1937
buttlegger1945
stuffer1983
swallower1983
1816 Chron. in Ann. Reg. 133 The smugglers, or, as they are styled from the manner of conveying the whisky, Flaskers..They entered a house and deposited their laden flasks.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
† flaskerv.
/ˈflaskə/ Obsolete exc. dialect.
1. intransitive. To flap about (as a fish); to flutter (as a bird); to flounder.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > move irregularly or be agitated [verb (intransitive)] > flap loosely
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faffle1951
1689 J. Chetham Angler's Vade Mecum (ed. 2) vii. 76 Hale him not too near the top of the Water, lest by flaskering he break your Line.
?1748 ‘T. Bobbin’ View Lancs. Dial. (ed. 2) 14 Deawn coom I..i'th Wetur..on flaskert int' eh geete how'd on o Sawgh.
1888 S. O. Addy Gloss. Words Sheffield Flasker, to struggle, to flutter as a bird does its wings.
2. transitive. To smother, stifle; also, to bewilder.
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1818 R. Wilbraham Attempt Gloss. Cheshire Flasker, to choke, or stifle; a person lying in the mud and unable to extricate himself, is said to be flaskered.
1884 R. Holland Gloss. Words County of Chester (1886) ‘For goodness sake, childer, howd yer din, aw'm fair flaskert wi' th' nize.’
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