An invitation of friends to drink ale at the house of some poor man, who hopes thereby to be relieved by charitable contribution. It is something like “housewarming,” i.e., a visit of friends to a person beginning to set up housekeeping. Wharton.
An invitation of friends to drink ale at the house of some poor man, who hopes thereby to be relieved by charitable contribution. It is something like “housewarming,” i.e., a visit of friends to a person beginning to set up housekeeping. Wharton.