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noun
Alewife  n.  (pl. alewives)  A woman who keeps an alehouse.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Alewife" Quotes from Famous Books



... Holland. In Belgium there were not so many nor such talented men, but some of them were very interesting in their work as in their subjects. Teniers the Younger (1610-1690) was among the first of them to picture peasant, burgher, alewife, and nobleman in all scenes and places. Nothing escaped him as a subject, and yet his best work was shown in the handling of low life in taverns. There is coarse wit in his work, but it is atoned for by good color and easy handling. He was influenced by Rubens, though decidedly ...
— A Text-Book of the History of Painting • John C. Van Dyke



Words linked to "Alewife" :   genus Alosa, clupeid fish, Alosa, clupeid, Alosa pseudoharengus, fish



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