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Definition of shebeen noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

shebeen

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