shebeen

shebeen
/sheuh been"/, n. Scot., Irish Eng., South African.
a tavern or house where liquor is sold illegally.
[1780-90; < Ir síbín illicit whiskey, place where such whiskey is sold (ellipsis from teach síbín shebeen house), orig., a unit of measure < E CHOPIN1]

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