ale house

Frequency: 4.01.5 per million words

An establishment where ale is sold to be consumed on the premises; often used as a single word 'alehouse'.

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Examples (10)

  • The weary traveler stopped at the village ale house for a warm meal.
  • In the 18th century, the local alehouse was the center of social and political discussion.
  • We visited a historic alehouse, which claims to be the oldest in the country.
  • He found the men he was looking for carousing in a noisy ale house by the docks.
  • The novel's opening scene is set in a dimly lit, smoke-filled alehouse.
  • Laws were passed to regulate the number of ale houses in the city.
  • The sign creaked above the door of the old stone alehouse.
  • She overheard the secret plan while serving drinks at the town's main ale house.
  • Is that the famous alehouse mentioned in the historical documents?
  • The playwright often drew inspiration from the characters he observed in the local alehouse.