flash¹ n Cp EDD ~ v 'to lash' for sense 2
   1 A brief opportunity or chance (to take seals).
   1924 ENGLAND 183 [He] 'wished to de Lard we'd get a flash at de rusties in a jam.' No 'hard rowt' was now too tough for Jonas.
   2 A flexible strip of animal hide at the end of a dog-whip, six feet long and tightly bound with twine (P 80-64).

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