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 For every bit of speechifying there is a voluble reaction: waved arms, hoisted flagons and shouts of boyish humor. Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 6 June 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flagon
Noun
  • All five of those pitchers, including Abbott, are now All-Stars.
    C. Trent Rosecrans, New York Times, 9 July 2025
  • The Royals are planning a pregame celebration for late Royals pitcher Al Fitzmorris on the field.
    Pete Grathoff July 8, Kansas City Star, 8 July 2025
Noun
  • Bring gloves, utility scissors and a clean milk jug.
    Staff report, Chicago Tribune, 31 Dec. 2022
  • Councell tapped a plastic jug the size of a garden shed containing sugar water, nearby another full of corn syrup.
    Bill Weir, CNN, 12 Dec. 2022
Noun
  • Across the stage, Healy consumes seven chew bars, three gels, and four and a half energy drink bottles.
    Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 12 July 2025
  • Eerie voices seem to cry in the howling weather outside; the five figures draw close over their bottles and drams, wondering what might stand beyond the door.
    Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 11 July 2025
Noun
  • This cup caddy attaches to the handle of your rolling suitcase to hold up to two drinks.
    Jasmine Gomez, Travel + Leisure, 13 July 2025
  • The ear cups are wrapped in a woven cloth to give them a robust finish.
    Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 13 July 2025
Noun
  • Peer at the pendulous breasts on a Medici workshop ewer or those on a screeching siren centered on an 18th-century scalloped sweetmeat dish.
    Lisa Wong Macabasco, Vogue, 31 Mar. 2025
  • Paintings of elaborate feasts hang alongside beautiful and unique dishes, ewers and platters, and glimpses of recipes through historical cookbooks.
    Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 29 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • 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
  • Williams snapped photos and shared videos on social media of sub-par coffee poured in paper cups, the flasks bordering on empty despite potential jet lag.
    Asli Pelit, New York Times, 19 May 2025

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“Flagon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flagon. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.

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