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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Poteen  \Po*teen"\,  Potheen  \Po*theen"\,  n.  [Ir.  poitin  a  small 
  pot,  whisky  made  in  private  stills;  cf  pota  pot,  fr  E. 
  pot.] 
  Whisky  distilled  in  a  small  way  privately  or  illicitly  by  the 
  Irish  peasantry. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Poteen  \Po*teen"\,  n.  [Cf.  Ir  potaim  poitim  I  drink,  poitin  a 
  small  pot.] 
  Whisky;  especially,  whisky  illicitly  distilled  by  the  Irish 
  peasantry.  [Written  also  {potheen},  and  {potteen}.] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  poteen 
  n  :  unlawfully  distilled  Irish  whiskey 




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