What does "alewife" mean?
Alewife: A woman who keeps an alehouse. Gay.
Additional senses
- 2.A North American fish (Clupea vernalis) of the Herring family. It is called also ellwife, ellwhop, branch herring. The name is locally applied to other related species.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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