flasket
Americannoun
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a small flask.
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a long, shallow basket.
noun
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a long shallow basket
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a small flask
Etymology
Origin of flasket
1425–75; late Middle English flaskett < Old French flasquet, diminutive of flasque flask 1
Example Sentences
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There had been no romantic undermeaning in all that harp-ukelele business, in the flasket of ice-cream soda, in the mysterious sickness.
From Missy by Gatlin, Dana
Then the witch-wife took up the flasket and pulled out the stopple and betook it to Birdalone, and said: Drink of this now, a little sip, no more.
From The Water of the Wondrous Isles by Morris, William
I hate flattery as I hate an unfilled flasket in the woodlands at midnight.
From William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale by Curling, Henry
And therewith I held the flasket aloft; but her face changed horribly; she sprang up in her chair and reached out her arm to clutch at the flasket, screaming like an eagle therewith.
From The Water of the Wondrous Isles by Morris, William
But what it was, that shall ye hear anon when we carried the matter through; but I bade Baudoin still carry the flasket till the evening.
From The Water of the Wondrous Isles by Morris, William
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