What does ale-draper mean?
Ale-draper means (obsolete) An alehouse keeper or publican.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(obsolete) An alehouse keeper or publican.
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.
No other occupation have I but to be an ale-draper.
(Burial of) Isaiah Clifton ale-draper .
Fieldhouse, W., the elder, Yeadon, Leeds, joiner, and ale draper, (sued with W. Fieldhouse the younger)
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Ale-draper means (obsolete) An alehouse keeper or publican.
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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.
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