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ale-wife (n.)

Old form(s): Alewife , Ale-wiues

ale-house keeper, barmaid

2H4 II.ii.78	[Page to Prince Henry, of Bardolph] methought he had made two holes in the ale-wife's petticoat, and so peeped through
TS induction.2.20	[Sly to Lord] Marian Hacket, the fat ale-wife of Wincot