four-ale bar

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four-ale bar (plural four-ale bars)

  1. (obsolete) A bar that sells four-ale
    • 1909 December 15, “Queer Story”, in Truth, volume 66, number 1720, page 1437:
      Heated arguments in the four-ale bars frequently culminated in black eyes and bloody noses.