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Definition of Poteen
1. Noun. Unlawfully distilled Irish whiskey.
Definition of Poteen
1. n. Whisky; especially, whisky illicitly distilled by the Irish peasantry.
2. n. Whisky distilled in a small way privately or illicitly by the Irish peasantry.
Definition of Poteen
1. Noun. (Ireland) Illegally produced Irish whiskey; moonshine. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Poteen
1. Irish whiskey that is distilled unlawfully [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Poteen
Literary usage of Poteen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Popular Songs of Ireland by Thomas Crofton Croker (1886)
"ROCK'S poteen. The word poteen has been already explained as illicit whisky. "
Whisky from illicit stills," according to Wake- field, " is sold as openly ..."
2. Macmillan's Magazine by John Morley, Mowbray Morris, David Masson, George Grove (1907)
"ARCHEOLOGY AND poteen WELL out in Donegal Bay lies an island, at once the desire
and the despair of the enterprising tourist. Its archaeological remains are ..."
3. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"... their ingredients, admixture, and the methods of cooking them, poteen ...
pot) " Come and taste Rome croc.t poteen That has Dot paid я rap to tue Queen. ..."
4. Seventy Years of Irish Life: Being Anecdotes and Reminiscences by William Richard Le Fanu (1893)
"I knew a great deal of poteen (illicit whisky) was distilled there, and as I had,
in all my rambles, never seen an illicit still, I greatly wished to see ..."
5. Soldier Songs and Love Songs by Alexander Hamilton Laidlaw (1898)
"THE PRATIE, THK PIG AND poteen. 'Tis daily this baste Will ... I ween; Then I
put him to cool On the top of a shtool, Till I take a wee drop of poteen. ..."
6. Irish Literature by Justin McCarthy, Maurice Francis Egan, Charles Welsh, Douglas Hyde, Gregory, James Jeffrey Roche (1904)
"... and Shamrock,' ' poteen Punch' (a series of stories which have appeared in
various Christmas numbers of The United Irishman), ' Pat o'Nine Tails,' 'Lord ..."
7. Sports & Anecdotes of Bygone Days in England, Scotland, Ireland, Italy and by Charles Thomas Samuel Birch-Reynardson (1887)
"Whiskey and poteen—parliament whiskey, as Paddy styles it—and the real mountain
dew are widely different articles, and unless one has actually seen it ..."
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