A LOAF OUT OF A BREWER’S-BASKET, subs. phr. (old).—See quot.
1622. TAYLOR, A Very Merry Wherry-Ferry (HINDLEY, Works, 1872), 19. HULL-CHEESE, is much like a loafe out of a brewers basket, it is composed of two simples, mault and water, in one compound, and is cousin germane to the mightiest ale in England.
