pocket flask
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pocket flask
noun pocket flasks · pocket-flask
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A flat metal container for alcoholic beverages, with a narrow neck suitable for use as a drinking spout, designed to fit into a man's pocket and popular in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
The traveller had been at the pains of going a long way up stairs to his sleeping-room, to fetch his pocket-flask of brandy.
Similar: hip flask, hip-pocket flask
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title = {pocket flask},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pocket%20flask},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
