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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Cruz had over a 12 percent walk rate, good for bottom 10 percent of pitchers in the league.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
27 Feb. 2025
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The asking price is a smidge under $4 million, which is around $2 million more than the former Padres pitcher and his wife Kathy doled out for the modern coastal retreat in the upscale Sunset Cliffs neighborhood back in spring 2017.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
27 Feb. 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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While about a quarter of Coca-Cola products come in aluminum cans, consumers are also accustomed to plastic and glass bottles.—
Maria Sole Campinoti,
CNN,
2 Mar. 2025
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According to a search-warrant affidavit reviewed by PEOPLE, Arakawa was found in the bathroom, next to a space heater and an open bottle of pills.—
Jen Juneau,
People.com,
1 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Ingredients 1 tablespoon butter (use olive oil for a vegetarian/vegan option) 1 cup uncooked brown rice 2 cups water, beef or chicken broth, or a combination thereof Directions 1.—
Angelica Stabile,
Fox News,
3 Mar. 2025
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One floor up was the Travel Professionals Pavilion, a space where top travel advisors could talk shop over a cup of Lavazza coffee.—
Forbes Travel Guide,
Forbes,
3 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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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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Take a flask of herbal tea back to your room, curl up with a hot water bottle, and download the SkyView app to embark on your own private celestial safari every evening.—
Liam Hess,
Vogue,
29 Dec. 2024
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“Flagon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flagon. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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