cakes and ale
Americanplural noun
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But everyone was pleased by the time we sat down for the traditional cakes and ale.
From Slate ● Oct. 30, 2015
"The normal rule in corporate law is, there is no cakes and ale except for the benefit of the corporation," said Charleton.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 2, 2012
To him, as a huffing spoilsport, is addressed one of Shakespeare's crispest queries: "Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale?"
From Time Magazine Archive
Glacial, snooping, bullying, Shaughnessy, like the Clown in Twelfth Night, thinks that because he is virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale.
From Time Magazine Archive
Down in a vale on a summer’s day, All the lads and lasses met to be merry; A match for kisses at stool-ball to play, And for cakes, and ale, and sider, and perry.
From Folk-lore of Shakespeare by Thomas Firminger Thiselton-Dyer
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