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English
Etymology
ale + blown
Adjective
ale-blown (comparative more ale-blown, superlative most ale-blown)
- (obsolete) Drunk; inebriated; acting under the influence of ale or beer.
1592, Steve Roud, quoting Chettle, Henry, Kind Heart's Dream, 1592, quoted in Folk Song in England, Faber & Faber, published 2017:[…] one in a squeaking treble, the other in an ale-blown base, carol out such adulterous ribaldry as chaste ears abhor to hear, and most hath no tongue to utter.
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