Meaning of Alehouse | Babel Free

Definitions

A business, such as an inn or tavern, where ale is sold.

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Examples

“Find⟳ him in a pulpit but twiſe in the yeare, And Ile find⟳ him fortie times in the ale-houſe taſting ſtrong beare.”

“But go to—carry⟳ thy roisterers elsewhere—to the alehouse if they list, and there are crowns to pay⟳ your charges—make⟳ out the day’s madness without doing more mischief, and be wise men to-morrow—and hereafter learn⟳ to serve⟳ a good cause better than by acting like⟳ ruffians.”

“Mention⟳ has been already made more than once, of a certain Dragon who swung and creaked complainingly before the village ale-house door.”

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