Four-ale

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A cheap ale, sold at fourpence per quart countable, obsolete, uncountable

    "I ain't going to have him a-coming here any more asking me to go for his dirty pots of four-ale and screws of tobacco[…]"

  2. 2
    Ellipsis of four-ale bar. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, obsolete, uncountable

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