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ale-bush

ale-bush noun: a tavern sign.

Noun

ale-bush (plural ale-bushes)

  1. (archaic) a tavern sign.
    • for I might haue had a pumpe set vp with as good Marche beere as this was, and nere set vp an ale-bush for the matter.1599, Henry Porter, “The Two Angry Women of Abingdon”, in Kind-heart's Dream: Containing Five Apparitions with Their Invectives, published 1841, page 102
    • Copernicus grinned amorously at the ruddy stout damsel who stood, presenting arms akimbo, under the ale-bush in the latticed porch.1902, James Henry Yoxall, The Rommany Stone, page 101

Forms of ale-bush

pluralale-bushes
alternative formalebush

Questions about ale-bush

What does ale-bush mean?
Ale-bush means a tavern sign.
What part of speech is ale-bush?
Ale-bush is a noun.
What is the plural of ale-bush?
The plural of ale-bush is ale-bushes.

Words near ale-bush in the dictionary

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

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