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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On Saturday night, Matt tended to the pitcher’s mound before LSU and Arkansas played.—
Mitch Sherman,
New York Times,
15 June 2025
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From the Angels for Lucas Giolito at the 2023 trade deadline there is catcher Edgar Quero, batting a solid .274 while winning praise for his handling of the White Sox pitchers.—
Bill Madden,
New York Daily News,
14 June 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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Armagnac 1830 – the oldest Armagnac bottle in the world, aged 195 years.—
Mark Littler,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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The area’s newest boutique is like stepping into a genie’s bottle — if the genie had impeccable taste and a deep love for legacy designers, funky jewelry, and original art.—
Emiene Wright,
Charlotte Observer,
6 June 2025
Noun
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Gordon, 24, was brilliant for Newcastle in 2023-24, but last season was laborious from the start, with the England player unsettled by summer interest from Liverpool, then suspended for the cup final, before struggling to displace Barnes.—
Chris Waugh,
New York Times,
6 June 2025
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In Grand Prix, selecting a four-race cup essentially designates a region to race through, all with an environmental throughline.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
6 June 2025
Noun
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Peer at the pendulous breasts on a Medici workshop ewer or those on a screeching siren centered on an 18th-century scalloped sweetmeat dish.—
Lisa Wong Macabasco,
Vogue,
31 Mar. 2025
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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
Noun
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Naked running belt: $48 This belt by Naked, on sale for less than $50 at Amazon, holds your hydration flasks and carries your cell phone, energy gels, fuel bars and sunglasses.—
Nora Colomer,
FOXNews.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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Archaeologists uncovered these jars in a variety of sizes, and noted that the smaller vessels likely functioned as perfume flasks.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
13 Jan. 2025
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“Flagon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flagon. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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