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four-ale
noun 2
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1ADJ.
dirty
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noun
1
A cheap ale, sold at fourpence per quart
I ain't going to have him a-coming here any more asking me to go for his dirty pots of four-ale and screws of tobacco[…]
[…] some of the mixture known to the working-man as "four ale," and obtained in the same locality as the porter.
2
Ellipsis of four-ale bar.
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I ain't going to have him a-coming here any more asking me to go for his dirty pots of four-ale and screws of tobacco[…]
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[…] some of the mixture known to the working-man as "four ale," and obtained in the same locality as the porter.
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