Definitions for shebeen

shebeen she·been

Spelling: [shuh-been]
IPA: /ʃəˈbin/

Shebeen is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 63 anagrams from letters in shebeen (beeehns).

Definitions for shebeen

noun

  1. a tavern or house where liquor is sold illegally.

Origin of shebeen

1780-90; Irish síbín illicit whiskey, place where such whiskey is sold (ellipsis from teach síbín shebeen house), orig., a unit of measure English chopin1

Examples for shebeen

On reaching St. John's he would go to a shebeen that he knew, in a narrow and secluded back street, and there rent a room.

In this lane at the time to which we allude the widow Mulready kept the shebeen shop, of which mention has before been made.

shebeen or sheebeen; an unlicensed public-house or alehouse where spirits are sold on the sly.

"'Twas at Micky's shebeen that they had the first encounther wid the inimy," said old Martin.

A reconciliation took place, and in due time it was determined that Peter, as he understood poteen, should open a shebeen house.

shebeen, an unlicensed place where spirituous liquors are illegally sold.

Schele de Vere derives it from the French cabane, but it seems rather more likely that it is from the Irish shebeen.

The gabble and laugh were again heard loud and hearty, and the public and shebeen houses once more became crowded.

There was a bitter taste in his mouth, and a pain in his ear where somebody'd hit him during a shebeen brawl the night before.

Word Value for shebeen
Scrable

12

Words with friends

13

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