| 单词 | hedge-alehouse |
| 释义 | > as lemmashedge-alehouse c. Of such kind as is met with by the way-side; of mean, inferior, ‘common’, ‘third-rate’ quality, and generally as a contemptuous adjunct, as hedge-alehouse, hedge-inn, hedge-lodging, hedge-tavern, hedge-wine, etc. Also hedge-school n. ΚΠ 1594 T. Nashe Terrors of Night in Wks. (1883–4) III. 267 Hedge wine and leane mutton. 1688 T. Shadwell Squire of Alsatia i. i. 1 Is not rich generous Wine better than your poor Hedg-Wine stum'd or dull March-Beer? 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Hedge-Tavern or Ale-house, a Jilting, Sharping Tavern, or Blind Alehouse. 1711 J. Swift Lett. (1767) III. 203 I was forced to go to a little hedge place for my dinner. 1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random I. vii. 51 A small hedge ale-house. 1816 W. Scott Let. 26 Aug. (1933) IV. 270 Otterbourne..is an indifferent sort of hedge inn. < as lemmas |
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