| 单词 | ale score |
| 释义 | > as lemmasale score ale score n. now historical and rare the amount owed by a drinker at a public house or tavern; the record of this, esp. as chalked up on a door or slate (cf. score n. 10a). ΚΠ 1602 S. Rowlands Greenes Ghost sig. C4 They lie not aboue two moneths in one place, for longer the alescore is not able to hold out,..the poore man..will rather grow desperate. ?1750 Serious Thoughts Publick Disorders 19 The Interest made by the Owners [of public houses]..depends generally upon the Influence they have over poor Voters, on account of the Ale-Scores they owe. 1816 Q. Rev. 15 454 The ale-scores of a village landlady. 1875 J. H. Nodal & G. Milner Gloss. Lancs. Dial.: Pt. I 220 Hast paid thi ale-score at th' Blue Bell yet? 1905 A. T. Quiller-Couch Shakespeare's Christmas & Other Stories 80 She..shut home the door behind her, and cast her eye over the ale-scores on the back of it. 1948 T. S. Ashton Industr. Revol. (1962) ii. 55 Ale scores were run up at the tavern. < as lemmas |
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