swill-flagon

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English

Etymology

From swill +‎ flagon.

Noun

swill-flagon (plural swill-flagons)

  1. (obsolete) A drunkard.
    • 1829, Sir Walter Scott, Anne of Geierstein:
      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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