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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CLERK-ALE

n.[clerk and ale. ] In England, the feast of the parish clerk.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CLERK-ALE

CLERK-ALE Clerk "-ale ` ( in Eng. , n.

 

Defn: A feast for the benefit of the parish clerk. [Eng. ] T. Warton.