poteen
(Ireland, countable, uncountable) Illegally produced Irish whiskey; moonshine.
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(Ireland, countable, uncountable) Illegally produced Irish whiskey; moonshine.
The Irish peasantry practice the distillation of that illicit spirituous liquor, so well known by the name of poteen whiskey, with a most unaccountable infatuation.
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(Ireland, countable, by extension) An unlicensed drinking establishment selling illegally produced Irish whiskey.
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