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she⋅been
[shuh-been] 
–noun Scot., Irish English, South African.
| a tavern or house where liquor is sold illegally. |
Origin:
1780–90; < Ir síbín illicit whiskey, place where such whiskey is sold (ellipsis from teach síbín shebeen house), orig., a unit of measure < E chopin 1
1780–90; < Ir síbín illicit whiskey, place where such whiskey is sold (ellipsis from teach síbín shebeen house), orig., a unit of measure < E chopin 1
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| she·been (shə-bēn') n. An unlicensed drinking establishment, especially in Ireland, Scotland, and South Africa. [Irish Gaelic séibín, measure of grain, grain tax, bad ale, diminutive of séibe, mug, bottle.] |
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Shebeen
She*been"\, n. [Of Irish origin; cf. Ir. seapa a shop.] A low public house; especially, a place where spirits and other excisable liquors are illegally and privately sold. [Ireland]
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shebeen
"cabin where unlicensed liquor is sold and drunk," c.1787, chiefly in Ireland and Scotland, from Ir. seibin "small mug," also "bad ale," dim. of seibe "mug, bottle, liquid measure."
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