Meaning of ale-bush | Babel Free

Definitions

a tavern sign.

archaic

Examples

“for I might haue had a pumpe set vp with as good Marche beere as this was, and nere set vp an ale-bush for the matter.”

“Copernicus grinned amorously at the ruddy stout damsel who stood, presenting arms akimbo, under the ale-bush in the latticed porch.”

“The place was really no more than a cottage, wattle-daubed walls and a thatched roof with an ale bush pushed under the eaves.”

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