Ale-draper
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Ale-draper is a noun meaning (obsolete) An alehouse keeper or publican.
Meaning
(obsolete) An alehouse keeper or publican.
Example Sentences
(Burial of) Isaiah Clifton ale-draper .
No other occupation have I but to be an ale-draper.
Fieldhouse, W., the elder, Yeadon, Leeds, joiner, and ale draper, (sued with W. Fieldhouse the younger)
1911, Kathleen Schlesinger, 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 3 : Barrel-organ Mr Thomas Brown relates that one Mr Stephens, a Poultry author, proposed to parliament for any one that should presume to keep an organ in a Publick House to be fined £20 and made incapable of being an ale-draper for the future.
Word Forms
- ale-drapers
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include alewife, ale-knight, drinker, drugger, drugster, maltoter.
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