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.
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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
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
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Too many of them missed the strike zone to Brown’s glove side, enraging an emotional pitcher who perceived something amiss.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
14 Aug. 2025
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Drake Baldwin, a catcher, had the night off because the Mets were starting a left-handed pitcher, David Peterson, and Baldwin bats left-handed.—
Dan Schlossberg,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Bring gloves, utility scissors and a clean milk jug.—
Staff report,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Dec. 2022
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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
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These are often available even in economy, though the specific kits usually vary by class of service Sustainable amenity kits Chua said Singapore works with its suppliers to make sure all the components in the amenity kit, like lotion bottles, are as recyclable or sustainable as possible.—
Zach Wichter,
USA Today,
18 Aug. 2025
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Whether your reason for buying a water bottle carrier is to free up your hands or keep from scratching, denting, and inevitably losing your treasured $40 water vessel, this clever bottle sling serves all purposes.—
Olivia Young,
Travel + Leisure,
17 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Dogs are allowed at the pool area (not in the pool) and there is a spacious park outside the property for walking. $50 from every $100 pet fee is donated to a local rescue, and dogs can order pup cups and bark-cuterie boxes at the lobby cafe.—
Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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Allow to harden to room temperature before pouring flan base into cups.—
Alex Cason,
Charlotte Observer,
4 Aug. 2025
Noun
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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
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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
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Once this process is completed, the flask uses high amounts of pressure to infuse water with fresh hydrogen.—
Bianca Salonga,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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Accessories include a flask and luggage tag set, Glencairn set, decanter set, tote bag, golf flask and golf bag, exclusively available at bushmills.com.—
Chris Perugini,
Forbes.com,
17 July 2025
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“Flagon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flagon. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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