Wineskin
[wainskin]
Definition
(noun.) an animal skin (usually a goatskin) that forms a bag and is used to hold and dispense wine.
Checker: Presley--From WordNet
Examples
- Take this, the man said and rolling on his side he pulled a wineskin that he wore slung from his shoulder over his head and handed it to Sordo. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- In the wineskin itself there should be some fine ideas, Agustín turned back to the card game. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Give me the wineskin and I will rinse the mouth, Robert Jordan said, his mouth full of meat, cheese, onion and chewed bread. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Less bad, Robert Jordan tipped up the wineskin again. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- One of them had a leather wineskin and he handed it to me. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The wine was good, tasting faintly resinous from the wineskin, but excellent, light and clean on his tongue. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- To kill gives much thirst,' the man with the wineskin said to me. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
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