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ALE-DAGGER

Specialty Definition: ALE-DAGGER

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Ale-dagger (An) A dagger used in self-defence in ale-house brawls.
"He that drinkes with cutlers must not be without his ale-dagger." (1589). (See N.E.D.)
Pierce Pennilesse says: - "All that will not ... weare ale-house daggers at your backes [should abstain from taverns]."
See Shakespeare Society, p.55. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: ALE-DAGGER

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-d-e-e-g-g-l-r"

-1 letter: laagered.

-2 letters: aggrade, draggle, garaged, gargled, lagered, laggard, regaled.

-3 letters: aglare, agreed, alegar, argled, dagger, daggle, dealer, degage, dragee, galeae, galere, garage, gargle, geared, gelada, gelder, glared, laager, lagged, lagger, leader, ledger, legged, ragged, raggee, raggle, redleg, regale, reggae.

-4 letters: adage, agger, aglee, agree, alder, algae, areae, areal, argal, argle, dagga, eager, eagle, eagre.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-d-e-e-g-g-l-r"
 

+3 letters: agglomerated.

 

+4 letters: exaggeratedly, laggardnesses.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: ALE-DAGGER


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 4C 45 2D 44 41 47 47 45 52

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01001100 01000101 00101101 01000100 01000001 01000111 01000111 01000101 01010010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#76 &#69 &#45 &#68 &#65 &#71 &#71 &#69 &#82

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 004C 0045 002D 0044 0041 0047 0047 0045 0052

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

35463915383541413952

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