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Meaning of four-ale | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A cheap ale, sold at fourpence per quart
countable, obsolete, uncountable
Ellipsis of four-ale bar.
abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, obsolete, uncountable

Examples

“I ain't going to have him a-coming here any more asking me to go for his dirty pots of four-ale and screws of tobacco[…]”

“[…] some of the mixture known to the working-man as "four ale," and obtained in the same locality as the porter.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

four-ale bar four-and-nine four-and-twenty four-bagger four-by-four Four-Corner