Definition of Pocket flask

1. Noun. A flask that holds spirits.

Exact synonyms: Hipflask
Generic synonyms: Flask

Definition of Pocket flask

1. Noun. (dated) 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. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pocket Flask

pocket bike
pocket bikes
pocket billiards
pocket book
pocket borough
pocket bread
pocket calculator
pocket call
pocket calls
pocket comb
pocket dictionary
pocket door
pocket doors
pocket edition
pocket flap
pocket flask (current term)
pocket flasks
pocket gopher
pocket gophers
pocket handkerchief
pocket handkerchieves
pocket knife
pocket knives
pocket lighter
pocket litter
pocket money
pocket mouse
pocket pair
pocket pairs
pocket park

Literary usage of Pocket flask

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Tuberculosis as a disease of the masses and how to combat it by Sigard Adolphus Knopf (1908)
"When outdoors, the patient should use a pocket flask to receive the spittle. There are numerous flasks in the market, and I reproduce a few of them: ..."

2. Tuberculosis as a disease of the masses and how to combat it: Prize Essay by Sigard Adolphus Knopf (1901)
"When outdoors, the patient should use a pocket flask to receive the spittle. There are numerous flasks in the market, and I reproduce a few of them: ..."

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