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swill-flagons

swill-flagons is the plural of swill-flagon.

Meaning of swill-flagon

Noun

swill-flagon (plural swill-flagons)

  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

Questions about swill-flagons

What is swill-flagons the plural of?
Swill-flagons is the plural of swill-flagon.

Words near swill-flagons in the dictionary

  1. swill-belly
  2. swill-bowl
  3. swill-bowls
  4. swill-box
  5. swill-flagon
  6. swill-flagons
  7. swill-pail
  8. swill-pails
  9. swill-pot
  10. swill-pots
  11. swill-tub

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