Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A large vessel, usually of metal or pottery, with a handle and spout and often a lid, used for holding wine or other liquors.
- noun The quantity of liquid that such a vessel can hold.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A vessel for holding liquids, especially for table use. It has a spout, a handle, and usually a cover.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A vessel with a narrow mouth, used for holding and conveying liquors. It is generally larger than a bottle, and of leather or stoneware rather than of glass.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A large
bottle for drinks such aswine orcider . - noun The amount that such a bottle holds, about 1.13 litres.
- noun A large vessel usually with a handle, spout and lid, for drinks such as
wine orcider .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a large metal or pottery vessel with a handle and spout; used to hold alcoholic beverages (usually wine)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The flagon is the only piece of the church plate belonging to this period.
The Evolution of an English Town Gordon Home 1923
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"flagon," but a "cake," a confection, as the Septuagint renders it, made of flour and honey.
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We have indeed reached some significant milestones around here of late, and it's high time we celebrated with a flagon of ale, a buxom wench or two, and our very first CONTEST on CROM!
Archive 2010-03-01 Cromsblood 2010
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She sits out front under a tattered awning all day in school holidays, watching people, drinking from a two litre flagon of sherry.
Clovers in her hair Brentley Frazer 2012
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Time to polish off this flagon of ale ... hic ... there's virgins in distress, and in need of rescuing …
Archive 2009-10-01 Cromsblood 2009
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That leaves me enough gold left over for a flagon of cheap wine, a belly full of hot mutton and a roll or two with a lusty wench!
Archive 2009-03-01 Reis O'Brien 2009
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Martin Ramin for The Wall Street Journal 2010 Domaines Ott Château de Selle Rosé 2010 Domaines Ott Château de Selle Rosé, $40 This wine is reliably remembered by just about anyone who's ever had it—in large part because of its distinctive bottle, which is shaped a bit like a large perfume flagon.
Drink, Memory: How to Remember That Wine Lettie Teague 2011
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Time to polish off this flagon of ale ... hic ... there's virgins in distress, and in need of rescuing …
Conan the Virginator! Cromsblood 2009
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By what right do you drink from my flagon of life?
Herman Melville's Homoerotic Side Highlighted In New Book AP 2010
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We have indeed reached some significant milestones around here of late, and it's high time we celebrated with a flagon of ale, a buxom wench or two, and our very first CONTEST on CROM!
We've Got Stones! Cromsblood 2010
brtom commented on the word flagon
Miss Douce reached high to take a flagon, stretching her satin arm, her bust, that all but burst, so high.
Joyce, Ulysses, 11
January 7, 2007
punchcard commented on the word flagon
New Zealand definition of flagon:
A glass vessel filled with draught beer available in public bars or bottle stores. Drinkers could take their own washed flagons or swap their empties for those pre-filled and corked ready for sale. The flagon was followed by the half-gallon jar and was preceded by the square rigger and the bluey. Most commonly used during the period of six-o'clock closing of bars.
September 27, 2008
bilby commented on the word flagon
Are you a New Zealander, punch?
September 27, 2008
kmassie commented on the word flagon
From the book White Oleander by Janet Fitch. Pg.137
"I found an impossibly soft stocking, the garter kind, cloud taupe, laddered, and an empty flagon of Ma Griffe perfume, its label decorated with a scribble of black lines on white. "
November 1, 2010