ale|wife

ale|wife
ale|wife1 «AYL WYF», noun, plural -wives.
a woman who keeps an alehouse or pub.
[< ale + wife]
ale|wife2 «AYL WYF», noun, plural -wives.
a sea fish found in great numbers along the U.S. Atlantic Coast, related to the herring and the shad, but inferior as food. It swims up rivers to spawn in spring and is also common in the Mississippi Valley and landlocked in some of the Great Lakes region.
[American English; earlier aloofe; origin uncertain]

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