1894 Brewer’s / E / Entire
Ale, in contradistinction to “cooper,” which is half ale and half porter. As Calvert’s entire, etc.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.