flasket

[ flas-kit, flah-skit ]

noun

1. a small flask.
2. a long, shallow basket.

flasket

/ ˈflɑːskɪt /

noun

1. a long shallow basket
2. a small flask

Word History and Origins

Origin of flasket¹

1425–75; late Middle English flaskett < Old French flasquet, diminutive of flasque flask ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of flasket¹

C15: from Old French flasquet a little flask

Example Sentences

Then they all started home again, Aunt Isabel carrying the silver-looking flasket.

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But when she opened them again, Aunt Isabel was only gazing into the drained flasket with a rueful expression.

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On the words, she lifted the flasket to her lips and took a long draught.

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I hate flattery as I hate an unfilled flasket in the woodlands at midnight.

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Drink now to me out of this precious flasket, and thou shalt be whole and well.

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Related Words

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