Ale-wife
noun
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Noun
- 1 Alternative form of alewife (woman who sells ale) alt-of, alternative
"Ask Marian Hacket, the fat ale-wife of Wincot, if she know me not : if she say I am not fourteen pence on the score for sheer ale, score me up for the lyingest knave in Christendom."
Example
More examples"Ask Marian Hacket, the fat ale-wife of Wincot, if she know me not : if she say I am not fourteen pence on the score for sheer ale, score me up for the lyingest knave in Christendom."
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