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Noun

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flagary (countable and uncountable, plural flagaries)

  1. Silliness; playful or trivial activity.
    • 1828 January, The Ettrick Shepherd, “Trials of temper”, in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, volume 23, page 46:
      So none of your bantering and flagaries; for have him you must, and have him you shall.
    • 1828, M. Corbett, Tales and Legends - Volume 3, page 371:
      Deed, Laird, ye had better put this flagary out o' your head, and settle yoursell quietly.
    • 1992, Malcolm Ross, A woman possessed, page 295:
      She'll give 'ee some fine old flagary in just a minute.