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
After helping one of the Dutchmen lug a keg of liquor to the game, Rip drinks several flagons, passes out, and wakes up two decades later.
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John Swansburg, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2025
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
John Swansburg, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2025
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flagon
Noun
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Eight Marlins pitchers, none recording more than five outs, combined to hold the Giants to three runs.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
20 June 2026
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Philadelphia native and Delaware State University sophomore Santino Harwood, along with Lincoln University pitcher Solomon McKinney, have been named to the 2026 HBCU Swingman Classic rosters, the MLB announced Thursday.—
Frederick Sutton Sinclair,
CBS News,
19 June 2026
Noun
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Every morning, guests open up their cabin screen doors to the crisp mountain air and a jug of coffee (or tea, if preferred) with fresh milk (with non-dairy options).—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
16 June 2026
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Additional videos also showed several boxes lining part of the pool as workers poured the liquid from the gallon jugs into the pool.—
Mike Stunson,
USA Today,
16 June 2026
Noun
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Opening up the straw cap of a Yeti bottle and finding your ice still solid is one of the simple joys in life.—
Red Fabbri,
Travel + Leisure,
15 June 2026
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Remember to wash and sterilize any bottles, scoops, or mixing containers by running them through the dishwasher or using hot soapy water.—
Sarah Scott,
Parents,
15 June 2026
Noun
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One casualty was his lovely Princeton apartment, which never came together, more grad-student than dean in its feel, a lonely refrigerator in the kitchen holding only a cup of iced coffee or a jar of mayonnaise.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 June 2026
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Pour about 1/4 cup of canola, flaxseed, or vegetable oil over the surface of the griddle, and scrub the oil into the surface using a pumice grill block.—
Ann Taylor Pittman,
Southern Living,
18 June 2026
Noun
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Somewhere between Venice and Paris, just as afternoon tea was served—raspberry tartlets and biscotti squisiti, coffee poured from silver ewers into porcelain cups—JR, the French artist known for his public installations, was starting to freak out.—
Lauren Collins,
New Yorker,
8 June 2026
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Inspired by antiques like cobalt glass, Egyptian glass ewers and hotel breakfast sets and mid-20th-century Italian glassware, Jacobsen came up with the Continental Collection.—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
19 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Tommy is sober; Jeff’s a wisecracking alcoholic who seems to have twice emptied out a flask before the first scene is over.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
27 May 2026
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Nolan, by reputation, is a solemn figure—a no-nonsense puzzle-box auteur in a crisp waistcoat, a flask of tea tucked into his jacket pocket.—
Eliana Dockterman,
Time,
12 May 2026
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“Flagon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flagon. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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