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hip flask

nounC1Not compared — the two pools are counted one word at a time, so a phrase has no score

A hip flask is a small flat bottle carried in a pocket. Fill the hip flask.

The curve is shaped to the body, which is what makes it flat enough to hide. A hip flask is a traditional present and is used about twice.

Ashley Pomeroy · CC BY-SA 4.0

Definitions of hip flask

  1. 1nounhip flaskA small flat bottle carried in a pocket.C1

    “The hip flask came out at half time in every match.”

hip flask is a bottle.

Where it comes from

Named from being carried on the hip, where the curved shape sits flat.

From being a flask that was originally meant to be worn on the hip.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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