Adam's ale
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Adam's ale: and may so pure an element be always at hand.
From Routledge's Manual of Etiquette by Routledge, George
"We'd rather drink Adam's ale," said Babbett: "we get that for nothing too."
From Black Forest Village Stories by Auerbach, Berthold
"I suppose the stingy one at home only drinks Adam's ale?"
From Mark Hurdlestone Or, The Two Brothers by Moodie, Susanna
Soda-water was the sole product of the lemonade factories; but the quality of Adam's ale tasted worse and was more suggestive of typhoid in that form than in any other.
From The Siege of Kimberley by Phelan, T.
Nothing like plain flour food and Adam's ale!
From Mortmain by Train, Arthur Cheny
