Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An unlicensed drinking establishment, especially in Ireland, Scotland, and South Africa.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A shop or house where excisable liquors are sold without the license required by law.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Ireland A low public house; especially, a place where spirits and other excisable liquors are illegally and privately sold.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
unlicensed drinking establishment , especially inIreland ,Scotland , andSouth Africa .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun unlicensed drinking establishment
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The bar, called a shebeen in the townships, is one of the places where young, black gays don't have to hide who they are, where they can talk openly, and find companionship and a safe haven in an often hostile township.
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He was prudent enough to avoid placing any sign in his window, by which his house could be known as a shebeen; for he was not ignorant that there is no class of men more learned in this species of hieroglyphics than excisemen.
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And in Apartheid-era South Africa, a shebeen was a mostly illegally operated pub for the disenfranchised natives who were unwelcome in English or Boer drinking establishments.
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(a member of the Youth Brigade of the Street Committee) at the shebeen was the last straw.
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We had arrived at an illegal bar, or "shebeen," and the welcome of the men -- and soon their wives and children, until the shack was standing-room-only -- was unsurpassed even by the Rawbone-Viljoen's on the other side of town.
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It also doubles up as a "shebeen," a small tavern that helps her make ends meet.
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The tourists then move on to the Regina Mundi Church - venue of several important political meetings during the white minority racist regime - and pop into Wandie's Place, a well-known "shebeen" or traditional tavern which serves local African fare.
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A 'shebeen' night club, catering mainly to blacks but with a fair number of white customers, is bringing the flavor of township chic to one of Johannesburg's posh white districts.
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I remark that my friend's coachman drives very fast by any house on the road; but nothing occurs till we stop at a "shebeen" to light both cigars and lamps, for the snowstorm is increasing.
Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81.
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Gibbons, who had been driving a brisk trade at his "shebeen," the only house of business or entertainment for miles around.
Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81.
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