subs. (common).—1.  A sovereign. [From the device.] For synonyms, see CANARY.

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  1818.  MAGINN, Vidocq’s Slang Song Versified. And collar his DRAGONS clear away.

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  1859.  G. W. MATSELL, Vocabulum; or, The Rogue’s Lexicon, s.v.

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  2.  (venery).—A wanton. Cf., ST. GEORGE (q.v.).

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  1617.  FLETCHER, The Mad Lover, i. 1.

        How our St. Georges will bestride the DRAGONS,
The red and ramping DRAGONS!

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  TO WATER THE DRAGON, verb. phr. (common).—To urinate; ‘pump ship’; ‘rack off.’

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