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alehouse

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ale·house  (lhous)
n.
A place where ale is sold and served.

alehouse [ˈeɪlˌhaʊs]
n
1. Archaic a place where ale was sold; tavern
2. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Brewing) Informal another name for pub
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.alehousealehouse - a tavern where ale is sold          
gin mill, pothouse, pub, public house, taphouse, saloon - tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms; often provides light meals
Translations
alehouse (o.f.) [ˈeɪlˌhaʊs] Ntaberna f
alehouse [ˈeɪlhaʊs] (old-fashioned) ntaverne f
alehouse
n (old)Wirtshaus nt, → Schenke f, → Schänke f


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Moreover they had Grip in company; and when they must otherwise have changed the guinea, it was but to make him exhibit outside an alehouse door, or in a village street, or in the grounds or gardens of a mansion of the better sort, and scores who would have given nothing in charity, were ready to bargain for more amusement from the talking bird.
They then separated; the gamekeeper returned home to Mr Western's, and Jones walked to an alehouse at half a mile's distance, to wait for his messenger's return.
He was somewhat dashed in spirits, having passed a long day alone skulking in the county, and made but a poor meal in an alehouse near Dundas.
 
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