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
  • Matt Chapman’s hearing scheduled Matt Chapman, who received a one-game suspension for shoving Rockies pitcher Kyle Freeland on Tuesday, has an appeal hearing scheduled via teleconference Thursday.
    Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • All rights reserved The Arizona Diamondbacks traded both corner infielders, including the NL’s leading home run hitter, and their most efficient pitcher at the July 31 trade deadline.
    Jack Magruder, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • No matter the time of day, there’s usually a cluster of people standing around it, each of them filling up empty bottles and gallon jugs.
    Caroline Rogers, Southern Living, 2 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The Jays weren’t going to pop bottles of champagne in the clubhouse after a sweep and wear ski goggles to keep the streaming beer out of their eyes.
    Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Use a spray bottle to thoroughly mist the couch with neutral cleaner.
    Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The treble — a club winning their domestic league title, main domestic cup competition and the European Cup/Champions League — has happened 11 times, with Barcelona and Bayern Munich the only sides to do so more than once.
    Will Jeanes, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Not only is this adorable beaded coffee cup a subtle nod to your caffeine habit, but its crafted with beautiful glass beads for a totally charm-ing vibe.
    Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 4 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
  • Anderson also sold hard hats, flasks and tumblers made by his company, a business that personalizes products through a process called hydro dripping.
    Scott Wartman, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025

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“Flagon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flagon. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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