"Adam's ale" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "Attested 1643. Reference to the only drink available to Adam, the first man in the biblical tradition, while in Eden.",
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "1643, William Prynne, “The Soveraigne Power of Parliaments & Kingdomes. […]”, in The Soveraigne Power of Parliaments and Kingdomes: […], London: […] Michael Sparke Senior, →OCLC, page 32:",
          "text": "[T]hey have beene ſhut up in priſons and dungeons lying on the cold ground, ſtones or boards without beds, ſtraw, fire or any the leaſt refreſhment; allowed onely a poore pittance of Adams''' Ale, and ſcarce a penny bread a day to ſupport their lives, though their friends would provide it for them; [...]",
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          "ref": "2017, Fiona Farrell, Decline and Fall on Savage Street, →ISBN, page 59:",
          "text": "She had loaded Floss into the basket, tied a sugarbag containing necessities—sketch pad, pencils, corned beef sandwiches wrapped in newsprint, a bottle of water from the garden tap, the best water, the clearest, Adam's ale — to the frame of her bicycle and set off, Floss sits up in the basket, looking ahead, though of course she can't see, but her nose is up, her world a dizzy palette of smell, as clear and bright as it is to Sybil, pedalling carefully along the river and down Fitzgerald Avenue towards the hills.",
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        "(humorous, idiomatic) Water."
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          "word": "Adam's wine"
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  "etymology_text": "Attested 1643. Reference to the only drink available to Adam, the first man in the biblical tradition, while in Eden.",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "1643, William Prynne, “The Soveraigne Power of Parliaments & Kingdomes. […]”, in The Soveraigne Power of Parliaments and Kingdomes: […], London: […] Michael Sparke Senior, →OCLC, page 32:",
          "text": "[T]hey have beene ſhut up in priſons and dungeons lying on the cold ground, ſtones or boards without beds, ſtraw, fire or any the leaſt refreſhment; allowed onely a poore pittance of Adams''' Ale, and ſcarce a penny bread a day to ſupport their lives, though their friends would provide it for them; [...]",
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          "ref": "2017, Fiona Farrell, Decline and Fall on Savage Street, →ISBN, page 59:",
          "text": "She had loaded Floss into the basket, tied a sugarbag containing necessities—sketch pad, pencils, corned beef sandwiches wrapped in newsprint, a bottle of water from the garden tap, the best water, the clearest, Adam's ale — to the frame of her bicycle and set off, Floss sits up in the basket, looking ahead, though of course she can't see, but her nose is up, her world a dizzy palette of smell, as clear and bright as it is to Sybil, pedalling carefully along the river and down Fitzgerald Avenue towards the hills.",
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        "(humorous, idiomatic) Water."
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