aleconner
Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- noun Originally, an officer appointed to look to the goodness of ale and beer; also, one of the officers chosen by the liverymen of London to inspect the measures used in public houses. But the office is a sinecure. [Also called aletaster.]
Examples
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I shot be shoddied, throttle me, fine me cowheel for ever, usquebauched the ersewild aleconner, for bringing briars to Bem-bracken and ringing rinbus round Demetrius for, as you wrinkle wryghtly, bully bluedomer, it’s a suirsite’s stircus haunting hes-teries round old volcanoes.
Note
The word 'aleconner' comes from the word 'ale' and an Old English word meaning 'to test'.
