A drinking vessel with a handle, typically made of metal or ceramic; related to flagon.
Possibly from 'flank' or Old English roots, though etymology is uncertain. Related to 'tankard' and drinking vessels from Middle English.
The word 'flankard' is so obscure that it barely survives in historical dictionaries—a perfect example of how medieval drinking culture had more vessel-words than we can remember.
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