What's the difference between flagon and tankard?

Flagon


Definition:

  • (n.) A vessel with a narrow mouth, used for holding and conveying liquors. It is generally larger than a bottle, and of leather or stoneware rather than of glass.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) recently has recommended that thiamin be added to cask and flagon wines, fortified wines, beer and flour.
  • (2) Five days in, the World Cup desperately needs some Spanish artistry, in the way someone lost in the desert could do with a flagon of water.
  • (3) He's here all week, try the magpie-striped thrupenny flagon of Nana Geordie's Shame Suppressor.
  • (4) "Looks like the pictured Mrs Taylor has got full value from her magpie-striped thrupenny flagon of Nana Geordie's Shame Suppressor," writes Mac Millings.

Tankard


Definition:

  • (n.) A large drinking vessel, especially one with a cover.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) That merriment is not just tankards and quaintness and mimsy Morris dancing, but a witty, angry and tender fire at the centre of Englishness.
  • (2) The tankard, a snip at £9.95, regulates the intake with phrases such as "your beer is running dangerously low" and "refill immediately - danger of sobering up".
  • (3) Or, if it's on the specials board, try a Hennessy Smash – a cognac and strawberry drink served, incongruously, in a half-pint tankard.
  • (4) You'll also like the dimpled half-pint mugs, the tiny tankards for tasters and the pub's monthly War of the Roses, a Lancashire-versus-Yorkshire brewery showdown.
  • (5) Ten and more faecal coliform germs could be detected in 4.7% of the mechanically rinsed tankards and in 12.1% of those cleaned in open vats.

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