flasket

[ flas-kit, flah-skit ]
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noun
  1. a small flask.

  2. a long, shallow basket.

Origin of flasket

1
1425–75; late Middle English flaskett<Old French flasquet, diminutive of flasqueflask1

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How to use flasket in a sentence

  • Then they all started home again, Aunt Isabel carrying the silver-looking flasket.

    Missy | Dana Gatlin
  • But when she opened them again, Aunt Isabel was only gazing into the drained flasket with a rueful expression.

    Missy | Dana Gatlin
  • On the words, she lifted the flasket to her lips and took a long draught.

    Missy | Dana Gatlin
  • I hate flattery as I hate an unfilled flasket in the woodlands at midnight.

  • Drink now to me out of this precious flasket, and thou shalt be whole and well.

British Dictionary definitions for flasket

flasket

/ (ˈflɑːskɪt) /


noun
  1. a long shallow basket

  2. a small flask

Origin of flasket

1
C15: from Old French flasquet a little flask

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