as in pitcher
a handled container for holding and pouring liquids that usually has a lip or a spout
brought a flagon of wine to the table
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Recent Examples of flagon
No detail was overlooked — down to the drink’s flagon.
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Violet Goldstone, WWD, 12 Sep. 2024
Their crop: wine, so fine the poet Dante sang its praises and medieval kings and popes guzzled it by the flagon.
—Julia Buckley, Travel + Leisure, 18 Nov. 2023
Under a vaulted ceiling, academics, museum workers, and the octopus-curious passed around a flagon of Kraken Rum.
—Pearse Anderson, WIRED, 2 Jan. 2023
Reiche interjected that the resulting settlement contract is the first contract he's ever signed that included specific language about bees and about how many jars of honey must be exchanged per month for flagons of mead.
—Lee Hutchinson, Ars Technica, 11 June 2019
The only props that are mimed are those murderous meat pies — everything else, from flagons of ale to gleaming razors to assorted bloody body parts are brandished merrily by the sweaty, sooty-faced cast.
—Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 26 June 2018
For every bit of speechifying there is a voluble reaction: waved arms, hoisted flagons and shouts of boyish humor.
—Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 6 June 2017
Violet Goldstone, WWD, 12 Sep. 2024
Their crop: wine, so fine the poet Dante sang its praises and medieval kings and popes guzzled it by the flagon.
—Julia Buckley, Travel + Leisure, 18 Nov. 2023
Under a vaulted ceiling, academics, museum workers, and the octopus-curious passed around a flagon of Kraken Rum.
—Pearse Anderson, WIRED, 2 Jan. 2023
Reiche interjected that the resulting settlement contract is the first contract he's ever signed that included specific language about bees and about how many jars of honey must be exchanged per month for flagons of mead.
—Lee Hutchinson, Ars Technica, 11 June 2019
The only props that are mimed are those murderous meat pies — everything else, from flagons of ale to gleaming razors to assorted bloody body parts are brandished merrily by the sweaty, sooty-faced cast.
—Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 26 June 2018
For every bit of speechifying there is a voluble reaction: waved arms, hoisted flagons and shouts of boyish humor.
—Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 6 June 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flagon
Noun
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For pitchers, that means longer outings in spring-training games.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
10 Mar. 2025
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Hurt In Minors, In Hall Of Fame A broken arm at age 19 while diving for a flyball in the minors turned a promising pitcher into a full-time outfielder who hit his way into the Baseball Hall of Fame.—
Chuck Murr,
Forbes,
10 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Bring gloves, utility scissors and a clean milk jug.—
Staff report,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Dec. 2022
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Councell tapped a plastic jug the size of a garden shed containing sugar water, nearby another full of corn syrup.—
Bill Weir,
CNN,
12 Dec. 2022
Noun
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Customers 21 and over get a free bottle of house wine with the purchase of any two entrees on Wednesdays.—
Benjy Egel,
Sacramento Bee,
14 Mar. 2025
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After all, there’s nothing worse than not being able to find your lipsticks or realizing that your foundation bottle has cracked, leaking over your new cashmere sweater.—
Kiana Murden,
Vogue,
14 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Like all airport lounges, Delta’s Sky Club network focuses squarely on business and first-class travelers who have things to do, places to be, and need a good cup of coffee or tea along with their peace and quiet — all scarce quantities at airports.—
Paula Conway,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025
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Food and dessert — sandwiches, avocado toast, yogurt and ice cream — range from a $3.50 for a cup of lemonade or ice cream to a $9.50 plate of avocado toast with tomatoes and cucumbers.—
Brianna Taylor,
Sacramento Bee,
14 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Paintings of elaborate feasts hang alongside beautiful and unique dishes, ewers and platters, and glimpses of recipes through historical cookbooks.—
Susan Selasky,
Detroit Free Press,
29 Sep. 2024
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Among these are an Indo-Portuguese brass and mother-of-pearl ewer from the early 17th century, and Carolina’s favorite: a portrait of Doña Isidora Navarro, a daughter of a large, upper-class Spanish family.—
Caitie Kelly Kin Woo Kate Guadagnino Nicole DeMarco Megan O’Sullivan,
New York Times,
25 Jan. 2024
Noun
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Its bottle, which evokes a liquor flask in candy pink, mirrors the scent’s sweetly scandalous vibe.—
Jenny Berg,
Allure,
3 Mar. 2025
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Paying a visit to church altars, for instance, gives you an extra healing flask, which proves incredibly useful.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
13 Feb. 2025
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“Flagon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flagon. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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