Etymology

shebeen

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Today it means: An unlicensed drinking establishment, especially in Ireland, Scotland, and South Africa. Full definition →

Irish síbín
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The story

  1. Irish · borrowed fromsíbín
  2. English todayshebeen

Borrowed from Irish síbín.

Words from the same roots

Irishsíbín all →

shebang

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.