Synonyms for ale house
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : eyl-hous |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈeɪlˌhaʊs |
Top 10 synonyms for ale house Other synonyms for the word ale house
Définition of ale house
Origin :- also ale-house, Old English eala-huse; see ale + house (n.). An alehouse "is distinguished from a tavern, where they sell wine" [Johnson].
- As in pub : noun business where liquor and food are served
- They entered the ale house, and called for bread, cheese, and beer.
- Extract from : « The Young Franc Tireurs » by G. A. Henty
- That ale house of his is the resort of all the idle fellows about.
- Extract from : « A Final Reckoning » by G. A. Henty
- In this year Cotton Mather said every house in Boston was an ale house.
- Extract from : « Americana Ebrietatis » by Hewson L. Peeke
- That there was a woman—Alice Maybanke—who did not go to church, but frequented an ale house.
- Extract from : « Kensington, Notting Hill, and Paddington » by An Old Inhabitant
- The dissevered head they bore into an ale house, and drank and danced around the ghastly trophy in horrid carousal.
- Extract from : « Maria Antoinette » by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
- Therefore, the less of that the better; only I thought, "what a difference from the goodly psalms of the ale house!"
- Extract from : « Lorna Doone » by R. D. Blackmore
- Therefore, the less of that the better; only I thought, 'what a difference from the goodly psalms of the ale house!'
- Extract from : « Lorna Doone, A Romance of Exmoor » by R. D. Blackmore
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