To settle one’s business.
1837. I thought I had fixed your flint yesterday.—Knick. Mag., ix. 363 (April).
1840. Their manners are rude;… they want their flints fixed for ’em.—Haliburton, ‘The Clockmaker,’ iii. xii. (N.E.D.)
1843. Take it easy, Sam, says I; your flint is fixed.—‘Sam Slick in England,’ chap. ii. (Bartlett).
1843. Here ’s a gentleman whose flint wants fixing.—Knick. Mag., xxii. 136 (Aug.).
1847. Phil. Stranger, if you don’t shet your mouth a little closer than a Gulf clam, I’ll fix your flint in short order.—J. K. Paulding, ‘American Comedies,’ p. 197 (Phila.).
