flagonless

English

Etymology

flagon +‎ -less

Adjective

flagonless (comparative more flagonless, superlative most flagonless)

  1. Without a flagon or, by extension, anything alcoholic to drink.
    • 1888, Richard Dowling, Ignorant Essays, page 149:
      Wifeless, friendless, flagonless, alone, Not quite bookless, though, unless I choose ; Left with naught to do, except to groan, Not a soul to woo, except the Muse.
    • 1977, Poetry Wales: - Volume 13, Issue 3, page 38:
      The cellar flagonless. The cupboard was only crusts.
    • 1980, Caryl Brahms, Stroganov in Company: Collected Stories, page 271:
      She was looking longingly out of the window where Pedro the Penniless had joined Ignatius and his guitar at the flagonless table.
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