What does ale-drapery mean?
Ale-drapery means (obsolete) The running of an alehouse..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(obsolete) The running of an alehouse..
and fare at all tymes as harde as poor Mopos Cut did with his maisters contreyman in Shorditch, till, by the force of his hinder heeles, he vtterly vndid two milch maydens that had set vp a shoppe of Ale-drapery.
An ale-house keeper would “with a grave air complain that trade was not sufficiently encouraged, when he meant the trade of ale drapery and smoking tobacco'.”
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Ale-drapery means (obsolete) The running of an alehouse..
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and fare at all tymes as harde as poor Mopos Cut did with his maisters contreyman in Shorditch, till, by the force of his hinder heeles, he vtterly vndid two milch maydens that had set vp a shoppe of Ale-drapery.
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