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
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Bleacher Report's Zachary Rymer recently predicted the Red Sox would trade Casas to the Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Pirates star pitcher Jared Jones.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
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The Phillies could provide Kepler and Brandon Marsh, another lefty who has not hit lefty pitchers, with regular at-bats in the season’s initial months before determining whether one of them has to be platooned.Matt Gelb, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
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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
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The award winner was matured in Oloroso and Pedro Ximenez Sherry quarter casks to create a unique bottle of scotch.Hudson Lindenberger, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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It came assembled in the box with one washable mop head and spray bottle already attached, making setup nice and easy.Lauren Finney Harden, Southern Living, 12 Jan. 2025
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Monterey Jack cheese, shredded (about 1 cup) Chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley Directions Cook ground beef: Preheat oven to 350°F.Craig Ruff, Southern Living, 14 Jan. 2025
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Just 1 cup of plain Greek yogurt has about 24 g of protein.Julie Marks, Verywell Health, 14 Jan. 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
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Among these are an Indo-Portuguese brass and mother-of-pearl ewer from the early 17th century, and Carolina’s favorite: a portrait of Doña Isidora Navarro, a daughter of a large, upper-class Spanish family.Caitie Kelly Kin Woo Kate Guadagnino Nicole DeMarco Megan O’Sullivan, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2024
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The 16-year-old who attacked Elbit Systems used two thermos flasks packed with explosives in an attack on the Israeli defense company and was charged alongside a 23-year-old accomplice, according to Bloomberg.Louis Casiano, Fox News, 23 Dec. 2024
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Outside food, beverage, liquid containers, alcohol, cans, bottles, flasks (hydroflasks, metal, etc.) or coolers.Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 9 Dec. 2024
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“Flagon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flagon. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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