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poteen
[ puh-teen, -cheen, -theen, poh- ]
noun
- the first distillation of a fermented mash in the making of whiskey.
- illicitly distilled whiskey.
poteen
/ pɒˈtiːn /
noun
- (in Ireland) illicit spirit, often distilled from potatoes
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of poteen1
C19: from Irish poitín little pot, from pota pot
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Example Sentences
And a drop of poteen is a wonderful thing to drive away the melancholy thoughts that haunt and bother so many of us.
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He introduced a timprance lecturer that towld the boys the poteen was pizenin' thim, an' 'twas wather they must dhrink.
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I wouldn't thrust one of thim to rub down a horse, nor wid a bottle of poteen.
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If they 're cows, begad they must have got at that sixty-three gallons of poteen you talked of; for they're all drunk.
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Their poteen (whiskey) craft, handed down by their Scotch-Irish ancestors, survives today in what outlanders term moonshining.
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