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beer: an alcoholic beverage brewed from hops. Beer has been drunk in Britain since ancient times but was not common in America until there was a tax on whisky.

Synonyms: lager, ale

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1134.—Ancient Printing-office

Hone’s Everyday Book (1826)

“An exact old writer says of printers at this season of the year [August 25th], that “It is customary for all journeymen to make every year, new paper windows about Bartholomew-tide, at which time the [...]

Keywords: printing, people, typography, beer

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Added: 2006-01-09

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Brewer’s Vat.

London (Volume IV) (1841)

A giant beer-barrel at a brewery in London in the 1840s. “The wonderful magnitude of the great London breweries is a familiar source of wonderment. The stacks of casks that might reach, placed side by [...]

Keywords: beer, barrels, people

Places shown: London; England

Added: 2007-06-04

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1734.—Man and Woman in Stocks.

Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“A stockes to staye sure and safely detayne Lazy, lewd leu[?]terers that lawes do offend.”(Harman’s ‘Caveat,’ &c.) “The stocks are still, we believe, occasionally used [1845], though the sooner they t [...]

Keywords: punishments, people, feet, beer, stocks

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Added: 2005-12-20

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