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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flagon
Noun
  • As the rest of the team forced the rookie back to the field for a triumphant curtain call, the pitchers waited for Yesavage in the home clubhouse.
    Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Ohtani’s nine strikeouts were the third most ever made by a Dodgers pitcher in their career playoff debut.
    Jamie Barton, CNN Money, 5 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Finds Connecting Britain to the World Royal burials like that at Sutton Hoo, Suffolk, and Prittlewell, Essex, contained objects from far afield, including Byzantine silver bowls and a jug from the eastern Mediterranean.
    Duncan Sayer, JSTOR Daily, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The jugs cost 600 pounds, and have already been restocked due to demand.
    Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 19 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Empty, plastic reusable bottles.
    Haadiza Ogwude, Cincinnati Enquirer, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Of course, this will all vary depending on which barrel your bottle comes from, and whether or not any of these are relevant sense memories for you.
    Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 5 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Try adding a spoon of Lion’s Brain Honey ― golden honey infused with lion’s mane mushrooms ― to your next cup of joe.
    Lyndsay C. Green, Freep.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Grab a cup of coffee and let's boogie!
    Laura L. Davis, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The bespoke fragrance service Floris offers is not an especially expensive process; a two-hour consultation costs £750 and includes a 100ml flask in Floris’s Art Deco glass design.
    Sarah Turner, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Outside food, beverage, liquid containers, alcohol, cans, bottles, flasks (hydroflasks, metal, etc.) or coolers.
    Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 9 Aug. 2025

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“Flagon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flagon. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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