Usually means: Minstrel character in Robin Hood.
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  1. Alan-a-dale: Infoplease Dictionary
  2. alan-a-dale: Dictionary.com
  3. Alan-a-Dale, Alan-a-dale, Alan-a-Dale: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Definitions from Wikipedia (Alan-a-Dale)

noun:  a cargo motor ship that was built in Denmark in 1938 as Nordvest (lit.: Northwest).
noun:  (first recorded as Allen a Dale; variously spelled Allen-a-Dale, Allan-a-Dale, Allin-a-Dale, Allan A'Dayle etc.) a figure in the Robin Hood legend.
noun:  an American Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the 1902 Kentucky Derby.
noun:  a fictional outlaw associated with Robin Hood.


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