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ale-post

ale-post is the alternative form of ale post.

Meaning of ale post

Noun

ale post (plural ale posts)

  1. A post displaying a pub sign; an alestake.
    • O honor, farre beyond a brazen shrine,
      To sit with Tarleton on an ale post's signe1808, Joseph Hall, Works

Forms of ale-post

pluralale-posts

Questions about ale-post

What is ale-post the alternative form of?
Ale-post is the alternative form of ale post.

Words near ale-post in the dictionary

  1. ale-houses
  2. ale-knight
  3. ale-knights
  4. ale-pole
  5. ale-poles
  6. ale-post
  7. ale-stake
  8. ale-stakes
  9. ale-taster
  10. ale-tasters
  11. ale-washed

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