Skip to content
ontologydriven
Sign out

Dictionary

Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

swill-flagon en · NOUN

Etymology

From swill + flagon.

Meanings

  1. (obsolete) 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? 1829, Sir Walter Scott, Anne of Geierstein:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
swill-flagons Number=Plur lexicographic

Relateds

swill-belly · swill-can · swill-tub · swill-pot · swill-bowl · swill-box · swill-pail

Synonyms

squeeze-grape · reel-pot