Meanings
comparative more flagonless · superlative most flagonless
- Without a flagon or, by extension, anything alcoholic to drink.
The cellar flagonless. The cupboard was only crusts.
1977, Poetry Wales: - Volume 13, Issue 3, page 382 more examples
Wifeless, friendless, flagonless, alone, Not quite bookless, though, unless I choose ; Left with naught to do, except to groan, Not a soul to woo, except the Muse.
1888, Richard Dowling, Ignorant Essays, page 149She was looking longingly out of the window where Pedro the Penniless had joined Ignatius and his guitar at the flagonless table.
1980, Caryl Brahms, Stroganov in Company: Collected Stories, page 271
Origin
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