Dictionary definition of “fling a craving (on someone)”

fling a craving (on someone)

v. phr. to cause someone to desire something. Subjects: English, Colloquial

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Citations: 1977 Kim Eisler Delta Democrat-Times (Greenville, Mississippi) (July 21) “Yazoo ready and waiting” p. 1: “Yazoo City done flung a craving on the whole world,” shouted the city’s resident humorist Jerry Clower at a town party Wednesday night. 1992 [Mike Van Pelt] Usenet: alt.hackers (Feb. 7) “Re: Hackers and spicy food”: All this talk about hot food flung a craving on me, so I *had* to go out for Thai food at lunch today. 1994 Lewis Grizzard It Wasn’t Always Easy, but I Sure Had Fun (Nov. 1) p. 134: The tempting moan of the steel guitar, mixed with the warm night air and six bottles of Calgary Malt Liquor, could fling a craving for the flesh on the saved and unsaved alike. 1998 Bill Thomas Commercial Appeal (Memphis, Tennessee) (Aug. 30) “‘Old Redneck’ Disarmed This Writer With The Quality Of A Gentleman” p. E1: [Jerry Clower] was an old-fashioned Christian gentleman who loved his wife, tried to live right, and didn’t want no strange woman to fling a craving on him while he was on the road. 2006 Denese Rodgers Henry Daily Herald (McDonough, Georgia) (Nov. 28) “The Cheerio effect”: In the Southern vernacular, watching that child nibble on Cheerios “flung a cravin’ on me.”

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