Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A pot or mug for holding ale. In England a pot of beer or ale means a quart of it; hence, ale-pot means especially a quart-pot.
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Examples
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And a few girls to squeeze with the hand not busy squeezing the ale-pot?
Wizard and Glass King, Stephen 1997
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Mogue spent his time with the ballad-singers and the story-tellers around the market-stake, and when he came back to his tent he wanted to drink ale and go to sleep, but Flann turned him from the ale-pot by saying to him, "I want the Comb of Magnificence from you, Mogue."
The King of Ireland's Son Padraic Colum 1926
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Mogue drank and drank out of the ale-pot, frowning to himself.
The King of Ireland's Son Padraic Colum 1926
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He put the ale-pot away and said, "I suppose your life won't be any good to you unless I give you the Comb of Magnificence?"
The King of Ireland's Son Padraic Colum 1926
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By-and-by the old man had noticed a crowd gathered at one part of the fair-ground, and, snuffing a fight, had gone running, ale-pot in hand.
Men of Iron 1891
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One evening Martin went with his clay pipe and his pewter ale-pot in his hand to the village inn, to divert himself listening to the general gossip which was carried on there between the host and the little group of customers -- weavers, tinkers, tailors, blacksmiths and labourers.
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All the payings we pay is to pay the good ale-pot.
A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 6 William Carew Hazlitt 1873
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He stamped on the floor, and in a few seconds afterwards Moniplies appeared, wiping from his beard and mustaches the crumbs of bread, and the froth of the ale-pot, which plainly showed how he had been employed.
The Fortunes of Nigel Walter Scott 1801
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“but the interest you take in my misfortunes seems sincere, and therefore — —” He stamped on the floor, and in a few seconds afterwards Moniplies appeared, wiping from his beard and mustaches the crumbs of bread, and the froth of the ale-pot, which plainly showed how he had been employed. — “Will your lordship grant permission,” said Heriot, “that I ask your groom a few questions?”
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a crowd gathered at one part of the fair-ground, and, snuffing a fight, had gone running, ale-pot in hand.
Men of Iron Howard Pyle 1882
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