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ALE-WIFE

Date "ALE-WIFE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1593. (references)


Specialty Definition: ALE-WIFE

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Literature

Ale-wife The landlady of an alehouse or ale-stand. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: ALE-WIFE

Language Translations for "ALE-WIFE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Romanian

  

proprietãreasã a unei berãrii, cârciumãreasã. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

содержательница пивной. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: ALE-WIFE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: alewife.

Words within the letters "a-e-e-f-i-l-w"

-3 letters: alee, alef, alif, awee, fail, feal, feel, fila, file, flaw, flea, flee, flew, ilea, leaf, lief, life, lwei, waif, wail, wale, weal, weel, wife, wile.

-4 letters: ail, ale, awe, awl, eel, elf, ewe, fee, few, fie, fil, law, lea, lee, lei, lie, wae, wee.

-5 letters: ae, ai, al, aw, ef, el, fa, if.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-e-f-i-l-w"
 

+1 letter: kalewife.

 

+3 letters: firewalled.

 

+4 letters: antiwelfare, farewelling.

 

+5 letters: wearifulness.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Translations: Modern
3. Anagrams
4. Bibliography


  

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