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shebeen
[ shuh-been ]
noun
, Scot., Irish English, South African.
- a tavern or house where liquor is sold illegally.
shebeen
/ ʃɪˈbiːn /
noun
- a place where alcoholic drink is sold illegally
- (in Ireland) alcohol, esp home-distilled whiskey, sold without a licence
- (in South Africa) a place where Black African men engage in social drinking
- (in the US and Ireland) weak beer
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of shebeen1
C18: from Irish Gaelic síbín beer of poor quality
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Example Sentences
Shebeen or sheebeen; an unlicensed public-house or alehouse where spirits are sold on the sly.
From Project Gutenberg
On reaching St. John's he would go to a shebeen that he knew, in a narrow and secluded back street, and there rent a room.
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Schele de Vere derives it from the French cabane, but it seems rather more likely that it is from the Irish shebeen.
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In this lane at the time to which we allude the widow Mulready kept the shebeen shop, of which mention has before been made.
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We pulled up near a picturesque little shebeen, to water the horses and get our Highland wraps well about us.
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