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What does poteen mean?

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Noun
  1. (Ireland, countable, uncountable) Illegally produced Irish whiskey; moonshine. [from early 19th c.]
  2. (Ireland, countable, by extension) An unlicensed drinking establishment selling illegally produced Irish whiskey.
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Well, he recently confessed to enjoying a regular breakfast of potatoes covered in Guinness washed down with a steaming hot mug of poteen.
This country has a number of problems: because it has had it hard, good times go to its head faster than poteen.
The history of the Knockeen Hills brand is becoming a legend in itself, having first been produced when the sale of poteen was still illegal in Ireland.
Trying to quit drinking but picked on by everyone, especially the Devil, Sharky succumbs to a jug of poteen and erupts in a scenery-bashing rage.
There in the shebeen they sold poteen and punch while in the pubs, beer and spirits were available.
Then again, it might be nothing more serious than the fact that I grew up in poteen country where there were several shades of grey between good and evil.

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