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English
Noun
ale-house (plural ale-houses)
- Alternative spelling of alehouse
1819, William Hazlitt, “A Letter to William Gifford, Esq.”, in A. R. Waller, Arnold Glover, editors, The Collected Works of William Hazlitt, volume 1, London: J. M. Dent & Co., published 1902, page 368:[…] like a conceited mechanic in a village ale-house, you would set down every one who differs from you as an ignorant blockhead; and very fairly infer that any one who is beneath yourself must be nothing.
Middle English
Noun
ale-house
- Alternative form of alehous
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