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
  • Urquidy, though, is as good a hope as any the Tigers have for a pitcher who could bolster their staff.
    Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Just as former star pitcher Mark Mulder was about to make his speech in his new green jacket, the ballpark’s fire alarm rang out.
    Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Our testers especially loved that the granules are packaged in an ergonomic plastic jug that makes lifting and tilting it a breeze when replacing the litter.
    Kayla Blanton, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Other families were seen pushing and pulling makeshift wagons piled high with mattresses, empty jugs of water, clothes and other basics needed for survival.
    Aya Batrawy, NPR, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • This one is made with clear pockets and slots to put your bottles into.
    Rylee Johnston, Travel + Leisure, 14 Sep. 2025
  • What if your old bottle of cooking oil could help save the planet and your smartphone?
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Top with remaining 1/2 cup apples and 1/2 cup nougat bars.
    Jasmine Smith, Southern Living, 11 Sep. 2025
  • This Amazon version features the same suede leather construction, adjustable metal buckle straps, and non-slip outsole, along with a cork footbed with a deep heel cup for lightweight cushioning and arch support.
    Jacquelyn Smith, Parents, 11 Sep. 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
  • Then Gilmore flamed out, lost everything, and became a dedicated boozer, making flasks out of everything from cucumbers to cuckoo clocks.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 25 July 2025

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“Flagon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flagon. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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