fling

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

A sneer; a contemptuous remark.--Todd's Johnson.


No little scribbler is of wit so bare,

But has his fling at the poor wedded pair.--Addison.

Nay, if that had been the worst, I could have borne it; but he had a fling at your ladyship too, and then I could not hold; but, faith, I gave him his own.--Congreve, The Way of the World, Act 3.

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