shebeen
noun/ʃɪˈbiːn/
/ʃɪˈbiːn/
(informal)- (especially in Ireland, Scotland and South Africa) a place where alcoholic drinks are sold, usually illegallyWord Originlate 18th cent.: from Anglo-Irish síbín, from séibe ‘mugful’.
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