1592. Shakspeare, I Henry VI., iii., 1. Then would I have a fling
at Winchester.
1888. Star, 10 Oct. Those writers who had a fling at Iddesleigh
after his poor running at Stockton will have to take their words
back some day.
1890. Pall Mall Gazette, 24 July, p. 4. col. 2. As the disputants
warmed up, little personal flings were of course introduced.
Verb (old).—1. To cheat; to get the best of; to do (q.v.) or
diddle.—Grose.
1830. Lytton, Paul Clifford, ch. xxi. Flung the governor out of a
guinea.