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. 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
  • Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Kevin Gausman had a rough outing against the New York Yankees on Sunday in the first game of a doubleheader.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 28 Apr. 2025
  • There’s no doubt Ryan has the tools to be a very good pitcher.
    Dan Hayes, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Bring gloves, utility scissors and a clean milk jug.
    Staff report, Chicago Tribune, 31 Dec. 2022
  • 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
  • The device was created with an empty apple cider vinegar glass bottle, a towel and gasoline.
    Krystal Nurse, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Towering mounds of textiles sprawl across the terrain, with some garments—price tags still intact—entangled among plastic bags, bottles, and other waste.
    Dianne Plummer, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • But at its heart, the AeroPress remains a compact and ingeniously simple coffee maker, using pressure applied by hand to extract a smooth but richly flavorful and aromatic cup.
    Matthew Korfhage, Wired News, 19 Apr. 2025
  • The two got Alena a Starbucks pup cup and took her out on a hike nearby the American River, Peterson said.
    Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 19 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • Others took the opportunity to post Musk’s legendarily inept Elden Ring build, which boasted no less than two shields, but no healing flask (somehow, his character had managed to reach level 111).
    Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
  • But the group soldiers on, with Alex wrapping herself in blankets in the backseat and Paul and Hillary nipping from a flask to try to stay warm.
    Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 30 Mar. 2025

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“Flagon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flagon. Accessed 1 May. 2025.

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