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Shebeen logo #10101) Tap house 2) Tavern
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Shebeen

Shebeen logo #21000 A shebeen (síbín) was originally an illicit bar or club where excisable alcoholic beverages were sold without a licence. The term has spread far from its origins in Ireland, to Scotland, Canada, the United States, England, Zimbabwe, English-speaking Caribbean, Namibia, and South Africa. In modern South Africa, many `shebeens` are now fully leg.....
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Shebeen

Shebeen logo #21002• (n.) A low public house; especially, a place where spirits and other excisable liquors are illegally and privately sold.
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shebeen logo #20200Illegal drinking establishment that sold liquor to black South Africans. Musical performances also tookplace in shebeens.
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Shebeen

Shebeen logo #20972She·been' noun [ Of Irish origin; confer Ir. seapa a shop.] A low public house; especially, a place where spirits and other excisable liquors are illegally and privately sold. [ Ireland]
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Shebeen

Shebeen logo #21217A Shebeen is an unlicensed (illegal) Scottish drinking establishment. It was defined by the Licensing (Scotland) Act, 1862, section 37 as meaning and including a house, or other place in which spirits or other excisable liquors are trafficked in by retail without a certificate and excise licence.
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shebeen

shebeen logo #23148unlicensed house selling alcohol, from Irish síbín, a mugful (OED).
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shebeen

shebeen logo #20400[n] - unlicensed drinking establishment
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Shebeen

Shebeen logo #23791From the Irish “síbín”, this is the first of many words in this list related to general divilment and rúla búla. Perhaps nowhere was the concept of the shebeen more embraced than in South African townships, where they are an important part of the social and cultural landscape.
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