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.