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noun
Illegally produced Irish whiskey; moonshine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, countable, uncountable
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noun
An unlicensed drinking establishment selling illegally produced Irish whiskey.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, broadly, countable
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noun
unlawfully distilled Irish whiskey
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: Irish, Irish whiskey, Irish whisky
History
From Irish poitín (“little pot; poteen”), from pota (“pot”) (from Middle English potte, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *budn- (“type of vessel”)) + -ín (diminutive suffix).
Across languages
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