flagon
Americannoun
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a large bottle for wine, liquors, etc.
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a container for holding liquids, as for use at table, especially one with a handle, a spout, and usually a cover.
noun
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a large bottle of wine, cider, etc
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a vessel having a handle, spout, and narrow neck
Etymology
Origin of flagon
1425–75; late Middle English, variant of flakon < Middle French fla ( s ) con < Late Latin flascōn- (stem of flascō ) flask 1
Example Sentences
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On cue, the camera cut to Rhea Perlman passing her silver flagon to Lisa Ann Walter, who took a swig.
From Salon • Feb. 25, 2024
Other items include a 17th Century stone flagon - drinks container, a bone comb and a medieval long cross silver penny.
From BBC • Feb. 1, 2022
He has jumped ahead in the book of time to see what was unknowable when he drank from the mysterious flagon years before.
From Washington Post • Mar. 13, 2020
One television ad showed Arnold Schwarzenegger bursting from a flagon like a juiced-up genie.
From New York Times • Dec. 6, 2013
When he stumbled from the table, he knocked a flagon from the hands of a serving girl.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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