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A woman who keeps an alehouse.
Origin: This word is properly aloof, the Indian name of a fish.
<zoology> A North American fish (Clupea vernalis) of the Herring family. It is called also ellwife, ellwhop, branch herring. The name is locally applied to other related species.
(01 Mar 1998)
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