Good ale is meat, drink, and cloth.
Meaning: A hearty drink can seem to nourish, refresh, and warm you all at once.
Origin: Recorded in A Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases, an undated collection published in London by Whittaker & Co. around 1880 and credited to Thomas Preston. Its earlier history hasn't been traced.
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From our tongue twisters
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