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poteen

[ puh-teen, -cheen, -theen, poh- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

poteen

/ pɒˈtiːn /

Origin of poteen¹

1805–15; < Irish poitín literally, small pot, diminutive of pota pot ¹

Origin of poteen¹

C19: from Irish poitín little pot, from pota pot

And a drop of poteen is a wonderful thing to drive away the melancholy thoughts that haunt and bother so many of us.

He introduced a timprance lecturer that towld the boys the poteen was pizenin' thim, an' 'twas wather they must dhrink.

I wouldn't thrust one of thim to rub down a horse, nor wid a bottle of poteen.

If they 're cows, begad they must have got at that sixty-three gallons of poteen you talked of; for they're all drunk.

Their poteen (whiskey) craft, handed down by their Scotch-Irish ancestors, survives today in what outlanders term moonshining.

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