Meaning & use
Flagons
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Large containers, typically with a handle, spout, and lid, used for holding and serving drinks such as wine, ale, or cider.
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The tavern served ale in heavy pewter flagons.
Guests filled their cups from flagons passed around the medieval feast.
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Flagons were common drinking vessels in medieval and Renaissance Europe, often made of pewter, ceramic, or leather.
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