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Definition of Pocket flask
1. Noun. A flask that holds spirits.
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
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Pocket Flask
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: ..."