wineskin
noun
wine·skin
ˈwīn-ˌskin 
: a bag that is made from the skin of an animal (such as a goat) and that is used for holding wine
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Well, the soldier at the far left is the one who’s chugging from a wineskin, not the angel across the way.
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Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2024
Before Silva and Jake fire the shots into the wineskin, releasing the alcohol within, Condessa suggested the characters count down from three.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 25 Sep. 2023
In any case, the metaverse seems to be a new wineskin being filled with old fears.
—Joel Mathis, The Week, 11 Jan. 2022
The other exemplary work is a large bronze figure of an elderly drunken satyr sprawled atop a lion pelt and wineskin strewn across a rock.
—Christopher Knight, latimes.com, 3 July 2019
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Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2024
Before Silva and Jake fire the shots into the wineskin, releasing the alcohol within, Condessa suggested the characters count down from three.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 25 Sep. 2023
In any case, the metaverse seems to be a new wineskin being filled with old fears.
—Joel Mathis, The Week, 11 Jan. 2022
The other exemplary work is a large bronze figure of an elderly drunken satyr sprawled atop a lion pelt and wineskin strewn across a rock.
—Christopher Knight, latimes.com, 3 July 2019
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“Wineskin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wineskin. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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