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English
Etymology
From Middle English alehous, alehuse from Old English ealuhūs. By surface analysis, ale + house.
Pronunciation
Noun
alehouse (plural alehouses)
- A business, such as an inn or tavern, where ale is sold.
- Synonyms: beer parlour, beer bar, brewpub, pub, saloon
1820, [Walter Scott], chapter XV, in The Abbot. , volume I, Edinburgh: [James Ballantyne & Co.] for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, ; and for Archibald Constable and Company, and John Ballantyne, , →OCLC, page 326: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.
Derived terms
Translations
Middle English
Noun
alehouse
- Alternative form of alehous
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