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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Former Major League Baseball pitcher Dan Serafini was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole Friday for the 2021 first-degree murder of his father-in-law and attempted murder of his mother-in-law in Lake Tahoe.—
Steve Henson,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Feb. 2026
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According to his bio on the team’s official website, he was listed as both a middle infielder and a pitcher.—
Ryan Brennan,
Kansas City Star,
27 Feb. 2026
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In the back, near the restaurant’s fountain drink machine, sit two empty five gallon jugs that her team has filled each week to avoid using city water.—
Briah Lumpkins,
Charlotte Observer,
25 Feb. 2026
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Camera footage and receipts from stores in the area also showed George purchased gas jugs and gas shortly before the ambulance was stolen, Ramirez said.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
24 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Bess finally blurted out, gesticulating and knocking over her glass of wine just as Sam opened a new bottle.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Mar. 2026
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Connecticut has not been alone on bottle return fraud.—
Sean Krofssik,
Hartford Courant,
2 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Two league titles, three Taca de Portugal cups, and three Portuguese Super Cups.—
Jack Lang,
New York Times,
26 Feb. 2026
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The headset’s microphone can be either a traditional boom microphone positioned close to the mouth or an array of microphones located farther away on the ear cups incorporating beamforming to isolate the wearer’s voice from any background noise.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
26 Feb. 2026
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Log Cabin maple syrup was packaged in a special Bicentennial flask.—
Jill Lepore,
New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2026
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Professor Wallace’s team has slashed the need for fossil-fuel hydrogen in chemical manufacturing by developing a clever, single-flask method powered by waste bread.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Feb. 2026
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“Flagon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flagon. Accessed 5 Mar. 2026.
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