E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Fling Herself at my Head (To).
To make desperate love to a man; to angle obviously to catch a certain individual for a husband.
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“‘Coxcomb?’ said Lance; ‘why, ‘twas but last night the whole family saw her … fling herself at my head.’”—Sir W. Scott: Peveril of the Peak, chap. vii.
