alehouse
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- n a tavern where ale is sold
- So fervent became Britisher Hewitt's Americanism that he deplored the British alehouse origin of The Star-Spangled Banner, wrote himself a brand-new musical setting for Francis .
- But the people of Valby continued to ignore it, to patronize the Gammel Oestengaard, an alehouse across the way.
- In the heart of London's West End theater district, this turn-of-century alehouse is a pre-theater destination for tourists and a popular watering hole for locals.