swill-flagon
English
Noun
swill-flagon (plural swill-flagons)
- (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?
Synonyms
- reel-pot, squeeze-grape; see also Thesaurus:drunkard
Related terms
- swill-belly, swill-bowl, swill-box, swill-can, swill-pail, swill-pot, swill-tub
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