FLAGON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does flagon mean? 

• FLAGON (noun)
  The noun FLAGON has 1 sense:

1. a large metal or pottery vessel with a handle and spout; used to hold alcoholic beverages (usually wine)

  Familiarity information: FLAGON used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FLAGON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A large metal or pottery vessel with a handle and spout; used to hold alcoholic beverages (usually wine)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("flagon" is a kind of...):

vessel (an object used as a container (especially for liquids))

 Context examples 

“Peste!” growled the soldier, striking his flagon on the board until the dishes danced again.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He raised his flagon and drank to him, with a merry flash of his white teeth.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Then shall we bury all cause of unkindness in a flagon of Malvoisie,” said the prince, cheerily.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The peasant in the sheepskins, who had sat glum and silent all evening, had been so heated by his flagon of ale that he was talking loudly and angrily with clenched hands and flashing eyes.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)