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ale-blown

ale-blown adjective: drunk; inebriated; acting under the influence of ale or beer.

Adjective

ale-blown (comparative more ale-blown, superlative most ale-blown)

  1. (obsolete) Drunk; inebriated; acting under the influence of ale or beer.
    • […] one in a squeaking treble, the other in an ale-blown base, carol out such adulterous ribaldry as chaste ears abhor to hear, and most hath no tongue to utter.1592, Steve Roud, quoting Chettle, Henry, Kind Heart's Dream, 1592, quoted in Folk Song in England, Faber & Faber, published 2017
    Synonyms:
    drunk

Synonyms of ale-blown

Forms of ale-blown

comparativemore ale-blown
superlativemost ale-blown

Origin of ale-blown

From ale + blown.

Questions about ale-blown

What does ale-blown mean?
Ale-blown means drunk; inebriated; acting under the influence of ale or beer.
What part of speech is ale-blown?
Ale-blown is an adjective.

Words near ale-blown in the dictionary

  1. ale silver
  2. ale stake
  3. ale stakes
  4. ale-bench
  5. ale-benches
  6. ale-blown
  7. ale-bush
  8. ale-bushes
  9. ale-conner
  10. ale-conners
  11. ale-connor

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