ale-blown

English

Etymology

ale +‎ blown

Adjective

ale-blown (comparative more ale-blown, superlative most ale-blown)

  1. (obsolete) Drunk; inebriated; acting under the influence of ale or beer.
    • 1592, Steve Roud, quoting Chettle, Henry, Kind Heart's Dream, 1592, quoted in Folk Song in England, Faber & Faber, published 2017:
      […] one in a squeaking treble, the other in an ale-blown base, carol out such adulterous ribaldry as chaste ears abhor to hear, and most hath no tongue to utter.

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