flagons

noun

plural of flagon
as in bottles
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 flagons 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flagons
  1. bottles
  2. pitchers
  3. cups
  4. jugs
  5. ewers
Noun
  • This two-step exfoliant bottles a little of that magic up for at-home use.
    — Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Fall is the season of special whiskey releases, a time when highly collectible bottles start dropping that fans are willing to pay top dollar for.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of bottles
Noun
  • Game five will pair two of the top ten pitchers in baseball in 2026, by FanGraphs WAR, Drew Rasmussen and Parker Messick.
    — Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026
  • The Brewers acquired pitchers Kyle Harrison and Shane Drohan, and infielder David Hamilton in the deal.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of pitchers
Noun
  • The front counter handwashing sink was blocked by cases of soda, pizza boxes and boxes of cups.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The 2025–2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommend that adults eat about 2 cups of fruit a day on a 2,000-calorie diet.
    — Jillian Kubala, HEALTH, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of cups
Noun
  • The shed behind his home is practically a science lab, full of jugs and evaporators and gallons of sap.
    — Rachel Siegel, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Two common types of plastic — polyethylene and polypropylene, used widely to make food containers, packaging, milk jugs and bottle caps — produced the most hydroxyl radicals detected by the researchers.
    — Michael Hawthorne, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of jugs
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
Definition of ewers

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