ale-blown
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adjective[edit]
ale-blown (comparative more ale-blown, superlative most ale-blown)
- (obsolete) Drunk; inebriated; acting under the influence of ale or beer.
- 1592, Steve Roud, quoting Chettle, Henry, Kind Heart's Dream, 1592, quoted in Folk Song in England, Faber & Faber, published 2017:
- […] one in a squeaking treble, the other in an ale-blown base, carol out such adulterous ribaldry as chaste ears abhor to hear, and most hath no tongue to utter.
Synonyms[edit]
- See Thesaurus:drunk