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  • noun Plural form of brewster.

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Examples

  • They were known as brewsters or ale-wives and the sale of the drink provided a valuable income for many households.

    Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 Ani 2010

  • They were known as brewsters or ale-wives and the sale of the drink provided a valuable income for many households.

    Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010

  • They were known as brewsters or ale-wives and the sale of the drink provided a valuable income for many households.

    Analysis 2010

  • They were known as brewsters or ale-wives and the sale of the drink provided a valuable income for many households.

    Analysis 2010

  • The brewing of ale had long been the preserve of women, known as "brewsters" or

    Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010

  • Brewing was a time-honored profession for women in England alewives and brewsters, so I thought it might be fun to have a heroine who enjoyed that particular profession.

    A Hellion in Her Bed Sabrina Jeffries 2010

  • Jason Carroll and his brewsters out on the street with just a photo on their blackberry device.

    CNN Transcript Jan 18, 2010 2010

  • Brewing was a time-honored profession for women in England alewives and brewsters, so I thought it might be fun to have a heroine who enjoyed that particular profession.

    A Hellion in Her Bed Sabrina Jeffries 2010

  • Brewing was a time-honored profession for women in England alewives and brewsters, so I thought it might be fun to have a heroine who enjoyed that particular profession.

    A Hellion in Her Bed Sabrina Jeffries 2010

  • Thus in a court-leet of the manor of Hockham, held the 20th of October, 1377, no less than fourteen women were fined in the aggregate 30s. 8d., who being _brassatores vendidere servisiam_ (sic) _contra assisam_, one of these brewsters was fined as much as four shillings.

    The Coming of the Friars Augustus Jessopp 1868

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