ale-draper

1) A seller of ale; an ale-house keeper.

1779 Thomas Wilson, Breeches Maker and Ale Draper, York, All Saints Pavement. In the OED the suggestion is made that it may have originated as a joking analogy to linen-draper.

places York
dates 1779

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