Definitions

Sorry, no definitions found. You may find more data at alewife.

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word Alewife.

Examples

  • Agaton Strom for The Wall Street Journal Twice cooked fritters Alewife might be the only place in the city to get some beers, like High and Mighty Beer Co.'s Fumata Nera, a smoked black-rye lager from Massachusetts.

    Tapping Into Craft World 2011

  • I'm not sure of the state of the subways, either; some of the access roads to Alewife had been flooded, for example, and the station at Fenway was closed.

    Howard Hughes vs. a Wet and Chilly Spring greygirlbeast 2010

  • Alewife Queens, 5-14 51st Ave., Long Island City, is open Monday to Friday, 4:30 p.m. to 2 a.m., Saturday and Sunday, from 11 a.m.

    Tapping Into Craft World 2011

  • Being able to hatch a few hundred Alewife larvae -- acquiring knowledge about this fish is quite important to developing a system that could aid in the return of more larvae to the river.

    Q&A, Sandra Millan-Tripp, F&S Hero of Conservation 2009

  • Where they aren't hunted, I see them all the time, in fact saw one hen at the Alewife Parking Garage and Red Line Station last Wednesday with commuters just walking by on the sidewalk 5 feet away.

    BSNYC Pre-Holiday Fun Quiz! BikeSnobNYC 2009

  • I actually saw that movie, at Alewife, against my will, and of course got the long-awaited cell phone call from the cute boy during the middle of it it was on vibrate; i didn't take it, just looked at it longingly, which made me hate the movie even more.

    I'm Afraid It's Time to Discuss Denise Richards Becca 2006

  • Alewife” is either a tavern-keeping woman, or a kind of fish.

    What I’ll Be Doing at Readercon « Whatever 2006

  • For example last week, the No 62 & 84 Bus out of Alewife both seemed plagued during their late eafternoon runs with appalling transmission problems that made getting up the Route 2 Access Road an adventure in serene torpidity.

    The Chimes at Midnight 2005

  • Such was the case yesterday when it took Humble Elias some two full hours to get from Alewife to Northern Ave below South Station.

    The Chimes at Midnight 2005

  • The goal is this: occasionally ride to Alewife in the morning, then at night come home and do some of the Minuteman.

    Preparing for another working day cnoocy 2004

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.