poteen
Americannoun
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the first distillation of a fermented mash in the making of whiskey.
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illicitly distilled whiskey.
noun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
Origin of poteen
1805–15; < Irish poitín literally, small pot, diminutive of pota pot 1
Example Sentences
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Oxford Crown Court jurors heard how Mr Farquhar's drinks were spiked with bioethanol and poteen, a high strength Irish alcohol, while his food was laced with drugs.
From BBC
Her nurse's shebeen--a tumble-down festering hostelry thatched with decaying straw--was no better than a dog-boy's boozing ken, a disgraceful trysting-place for drunken soldiers, who were enticed thither by its excellent poteen.
From Project Gutenberg
‘Howsomever, don’t be downhearted, but take a good drop of poteen, and ‘twill give you all the false courage that any man wants.’
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"And this I take to be as free of any allegiance to the king as yourself," said Daly, as he poured out a wineglass-ful of "poteen" from a short black bottle.
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"Mutton always—fish and game when there's the season for them—and poteen to wash them down."
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