Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To flap about, as women's skirts; have the skirts flap about.
- noun A loose hanging piece; a flap.
- noun A girl whose clothes hang loosely about her.
- noun A bottle; a flask.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A barrel-shaped bottle; a flagon.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
barrel -shapedbottle ; aflagon .
Etymologies
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Examples
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This simple she poured within a little flacket, and gave it to the varlet, who received the gift with great joy and delight, and returned swiftly to his own land.
French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France Marie de France
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She bewailed his evil lot, with many shrill cries, and flung the useless flacket far away.
French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France Marie de France
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"Fair friend," said she, "well I know that you tire: drink now, I pray you, of the flacket, and so shall your manhood come again at need."
French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France Marie de France
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Now on the appointed day this young dansellon came very early to the appointed place, bringing the flacket with him.
French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France Marie de France
qms commented on the word flacket
Let a thirst build at first then attack it.
A beer is improved while you lack it.
The drier you get
The more the beer's wet
And cooler the flanks of the flacket.
July 11, 2016