or -ale-house, subs. (old).—See quot.
c. 1696. B. E., A New Dictionary of the Canting Crew, s.v. HEDGE TAVERN or ALEHOUSE, A Jilting, Sharping Tavern, or Blind Alehouse.
1705. FARQUHAR, The Twin Rivals, i., 1. That was … in the days of dirty linen, pit-masks, HEDGE-TAVERNS, and beef-steaks.
1725. A New Canting Dictionary, s.v.
1785. GROSE, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, s.v.
