Green’s Dictionary of Slang

dona highland-flinger n.

a music-hall singer.

1909

J. Ware Passing Eng. of the Victorian Era 114/1: Dona Highland Flingers (Rhyming -Music Hall Singers). One of the names of the serio-comic – generally one who sings or flings high notes – hence the term. ‘Many a dona Highland Flinger gets nailed when she thinks she marries a toff, and finds out that he’s a bad egg.’.