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swill-flagon

noun

Etymology

From swill + flagon.

  1. derived from *pleḱ-✻ — “to fold; to plait, weave”
  2. derived from *flehtaną✻ — “to braid, plait”
  3. derived from *flaskǭ✻ — “bottle; flask; vessel covered with plaiting”
  4. derived from *flaska✻ — “bottle; flask”
  5. derived from flascō — “bottle; glass or earthenware vessel for wine; portable barrel”
  6. derived from flascōnem
  7. derived from flacon
  8. derived from flacon
  9. inherited from flagon
  10. compounded as swill-flagon — “swill + flagon”

Definitions

  1. A drunkard.

    • Out, thou German wine-flask!—Out, thou eternal swill-flagon!—Heard you ever of a modest maiden who drank wine before she had dined?

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