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ale-knight
† ˈale-ˈknight Obs. [f. ale 4 + knight, used derisively; cf. carpet-knight, knight of the ellwand, etc.] A votary of the ale-house, a tippler.1575 Eccl. Proc. Chester [The Vicar of Whalley, Lanc., is charged with being] a common dronker and ale knight. 1598 E. Guilpin Skial. (1878) 55 There brauls a...
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ale-house
ˈale-house [ale- 4.] A house where ale is retailed; hence, a tippling house.a 1000 Laws of Ethelb. Thorpe I. 292 On eala-huse. c 1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 11 Untimeliche eten alehuse. 1303 R. Brunne Handl. Synne 5978 At þe alehous make þey marchaundye. c 1450 Knt. de la Tour 44 His parisshenes gone fort...
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