Meaning of pocket flask | Babel Free
Definitions
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 19th and early 20th centuries.
Equivalents
Deutsch
Flachmann
Suomi
taskumatti
Examples
“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.”
“We were walking at a smart pace, and a sip from my pocket-flask soon set my old friend's tongue going.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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