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hip flask

British  

noun

  1. a small metal flask for spirits, etc, often carried in a hip pocket

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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On the curvilinear face of the bottle, like that of a hip flask, was a glass oculus through which a rich, amber-colored liquid was visible.

From New York Times May 10, 2021

If you’re lucky enough to play The K Club, one of the most exclusive courses in Ireland, you better have a fittingly regal whiskey in the ol’ hip flask.

From Golf Digest Mar. 15, 2018

With receivers as small and totable as a hip flask, one-way radio pagers are now a hot item.

From Time Magazine Archive

The hip flask was passed by Captain Edward Molyneux, making his return to fashion at 71, after 15 years devoted to painting.

From Time Magazine Archive

He tipped his ginger roots into the cauldron too, and wondered whether he ought to take a leaf out of Moody’s book and start drinking only from a private hip flask.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling

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