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Synonyms for flagon


Grammar : Noun
Spell : flag-uh n
Phonetic Transcription : ˈflæg ən



Définition of flagon

Origin :
  • mid-15c., from Middle French flacon, Old French flascon, from Late Latin flasconem (nominative flasco) "bottle" (see flask).
  • noun mug
Example sentences :
  • He raised his flagon and drank to him, with a merry flash of his white teeth.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • "Thou liest, knave," roared Jones menacing him with the flagon.
  • Extract from : « Standish of Standish » by Jane G. Austin
  • I still kept inhaling the ether from the opening of my flagon.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume VIII. » by Guy de Maupassant
  • Henry Murger soaked them in a bottle of brandy or in a flagon of beer.
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864 » by Various
  • The page returned, bearing a large cup and a flagon of wine.
  • Extract from : « Millennium » by Everett B. Cole
  • Before him was a dish of good cakes, beside him, a cup and flagon of good wine.
  • Extract from : « Millennium » by Everett B. Cole
  • She refused the cloak as she had refused the flagon and the cake, and replied, "A sack."
  • Extract from : « Notre-Dame de Paris » by Victor Hugo
  • The flagon is the only piece of the church plate belonging to this period.
  • Extract from : « The Evolution Of An English Town » by Gordon Home
  • He began by holding the flagon of Burgundy wine to his lips.
  • Extract from : « The Knight of Malta » by Eugene Sue
  • And Choulette pointed to two glasses and a flagon placed on a stove.
  • Extract from : « The Red Lily, Complete » by Anatole France

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