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she⋅been

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–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
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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 
"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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