Usually means: Medieval festive gathering for clerks.
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  1. clerk-ale: Wordnik
  2. clerk-ale: Wiktionary
  3. Clerk-ale: Dictionary.com
  4. Clerk-ale: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  5. clerk-ale: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  6. Clerk-ale: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  7. clerk-ale: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  8. clerk-ale: FreeDictionary.org
  9. Clerk-ale: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (clerk-ale)

▸ noun:  (UK, obsolete) A feast for the benefit of the parish clerk.

Similar:
clerk, clerkage, clerkery, parish clerk, clerkhood, clerkdom, clerical, academical clerk, aleconner, underclerk, more...

Opposite:
customer, patron, guest

Types:
stout, porter, mild, brown, red, blonde, dry, sweet, more...

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Similar:
clerk, clerkage, clerkery, parish clerk, clerkhood, clerkdom, clerical, academical clerk, aleconner, underclerk, more...

Opposite:
customer, patron, guest

Types:
stout, porter, mild, brown, red, blonde, dry, sweet, more...



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