Allan-a-Dale
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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"I do," said Robin, "I give her heartily to my good friend, Allan-a-Dale, and he who takes her from him shall buy her dearly."
From Robin Hood by N. C. (Newell Convers) Wyeth
In the rush and hurry Robin saw that Scarlett was there, and Warrenton and Allan-a-Dale.
From Robin Hood by N. C. (Newell Convers) Wyeth
Allan-a-Dale, one of Robin Hood's men, introduced by sir W. Scott in Ivanhoe.
From Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer
Will Scarlet was especially delighted to greet again his old time friend, while Allan-a-Dale and his good wife bustled about to make her welcome in their tiny thatched cottage.
From Robin Hood by J. Walker (Joseph Walker) McSpadden
But Will Scarlet and Allan-a-Dale had foreseen that event, and had already overpowered the two warders.
From Robin Hood by J. Walker (Joseph Walker) McSpadden
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