| 单词 | penny ale |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspenny ale penny ale n. now historical ale sold at a penny a gallon, thin ale. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > ale or beer > ale > [noun] > cheap or thin ale penny alec1400 pudding-alec1400 c1400 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Trin. Cambr. R.3.14) (1960) A. v. 134 (MED) Penyale [v.r. Pany hale] & pilewhey heo pouride togidere For laboureris & louȝ folk. ?1543 T. Phaer tr. J. Goeurot Regiment of Lyfe i. f. v To drynke onely penyale, or suche small drynke. 1781 T. Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry III. xxxv. 300 What bread how stale, what pennie ale! 1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond II. xi. 205 I shall welcome your honour to my cottage in the country, and to a mug of penny ale. 1991 Hist. Workshop Spring 171 In violation of standards that sought to ensure a good, but cheap ale for the poor, she mingles the poor's normal fare (penny ale) with the dregs of the brewing process (pudding ale), thereby ensuring that the poor received an ale of exceeding poor quality. < as lemmas |
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