alewhap

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noun

an alewife

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Meanings

nounalewhap (plural alewhaps)

plural alewhaps

  1. obsoleteregionalan alewife

    Alewife plur. Alewives. (Alosa Vernalis Storer.) A fish of the herring kind, abounding in the waters of New England . In Mary-land and Virginia they are called "old wives;" Alewhap, plur. Alewhaps, in Connecticut

    1877, John Russell Bartlett, Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases, Usually Regarded as Peculiar to the United States
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APA

alewhap. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alewhap

MLA

“alewhap.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alewhap. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “alewhap,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alewhap.

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