alehouse
a tavern where ale or beer is sold; bar; pub.
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How to use alehouse in a sentence
They quickly agree to desert and trudge across the titular field to an alleged alehouse.
‘A Field in England’ Is a Psychedelic Cinematic Trip | Andrew Romano | February 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAfter that Wilson spent his days in the alehouse, until he got delirium, and died half starved at the age of seventy.
The History of Modern Painting, Volume 1 (of 4) | Richard MutherHer father, who was not in the best circumstances, did not show me much attention, and I was obliged to lodge at an alehouse.
The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau, Complete | Jean Jacques RousseauThere are two public houses open to the poorer citizens—the alehouse and the Workhouse.
The Law and the Poor | Edward Abbott ParryFor if the rich have by their laws made a mess of the alehouse, what about the other public-house—the workhouse?
The Law and the Poor | Edward Abbott Parry
Having no objection to this, we left the house together, and were soon comfortably seated in the warm corner of an alehouse.
Beggars | W. H. (William Henry) Davies
British Dictionary definitions for alehouse
/ (ˈeɪlˌhaʊs) /
archaic a place where ale was sold; tavern
informal another name for pub
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