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Thread #72651   Message #1266446
Posted By: Nerd
07-Sep-04 - 09:40 PM
Thread Name: Flaked, in Green Fields of Canada
Subject: RE: Flaked, in Green Fields of Canada
Indeed, the OED confirms Fiddle Flaker:

6. (Anglo-Irish.) To beat, flog. In quot. absol.

1841 S. C. HALL Ireland II. 316 note, My back was sore with the flaking..Flake away, my jewil.