Definition of flagonnext
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. John Swansburg, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2025 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
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Noun
  • For years, the Giants managed to avoid losing all but a few of their better young pitchers to Tommy John surgery.
    Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Max Clark hit his first home run at Comerica Park and five Tigers pitchers combined to allow one run as Detroit ended a six-game losing streak with a 4-1 win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday night.
    CBS News, CBS News, 26 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Filling buckets, keeping jugs by the door, checking the faucet each morning – for many Puerto Ricans, that routine was in place long before now.
    Ivis García, The Conversation, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Officials on the island have deployed portable water tankers to communities, allowing residents to fill up containers and plastic jugs while their service is cut off.
    Christopher Cann, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The scents are housed in bottles designed by artist Ashley Longshore that are meant to be collectible.
    Kathryn Hopkins, Footwear News, 27 Aug. 2026
  • The small table was crowded with bottles of sparkling San Pellegrino and fancy saucières filled with every sauce and condiment on offer.
    Jonny Hallam, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Jenner, known for splashing out on lavish events, turned to colorful rhinestone decor to celebrate the milestone, and even plastered gemstones across plastic cups and one of her two birthday cakes.
    Sarah Glodek, Fortune, 28 Aug. 2026
  • After a cup of lemongrass tea, my 60-minute Swedish massage began with a relaxing foot bath and scrub.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • What works perfectly inside a glass laboratory flask faces unpredictable engineering challenges when transferred to massive industrial reactors.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 20 July 2026
  • References to nomads of the Kazakh steppe and local symbolism abound in the label, as seen in the heavy glass bottles recalling nomads’ flasks and decorated with handmade pendants in the form of old coins engraved with the emblem of each fragrance.
    Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 9 June 2026

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“Flagon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flagon. Accessed 29 Aug. 2026.

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