a pocket flask

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Definition of a pocket flask in English English dictionary

hip-pocket flask

I saw Lorna drink lemonade into which liquor had been poured from a hip-pocket flask.

Related Terms

pocket flask

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 nineteenth and early twentieth 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.

Hyphenation

a pock·et flask

Turkish pronunciation

ı päkıt fläsk

Pronunciation

/ə ˈpäkət ˈflask/ /ə ˈpɑːkət ˈflæsk/