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Definition of poteen - 3 dictionary results

po⋅teen

  [puh-teen, -cheen, -theen, poh-]
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–noun
1. the first distillation of a fermented mash in the making of whiskey.
2. illicitly distilled whiskey.
Also, potheen.

Origin:
1805–15; < Ir poitín lit., small pot, dim. of pota pot 1
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po·teen   (pə-tēn', pō-, pə-chēn')   
n.  Unlawfully distilled Irish whiskey.

[Irish Gaelic poitín, small pot, poteen, from pota, pot, from English pot1.]
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Word Origin & History

poteen 
"illicit whiskey," 1812, from Ir. poitin "little pot," suggesting distillation in small quantities, from Eng. pot (1) "vessel" + dim. suffix -in, -een.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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