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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
An alehouse-keeper, a person who operates an alehouse; a tavernkeeper, an alekeep..
But that Friday morning there was an air of intensity about them that made her rein in Melissa and dismount. They were so engrossed in their discussion that they hadn't seen her ride up, until the alekeeper's wife, Biddy Tomkins, turned round ...
The word appears in a defamation case from Somerset in 1600 as an insult directed toward an alekeeper's wife: "she fucketh in every corner with every knave that cometh to thy house."
Use alekeeper when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Alekeeper means An alehouse-keeper, a person who operates an alehouse; a tavernkeeper, an alekeep..
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
But that Friday morning there was an air of intensity about them that made her rein in Melissa and dismount. They were so engrossed in their discussion that they hadn't seen her ride up, until the alekeeper's wife, Biddy Tomkins, turned round ...
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