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potheen

[ puh-theen, -teen, -cheen, poh- ]

noun



potheen

/ pɒˈθiËn; pɒˈtiËn /

noun

  1. a rare variant of poteen
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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When the next night arrived, the hopes of the crock of gold got the better of his fears, and taking care to arm himself with a bottle of potheen, away he went to the field.

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Oh, ne'er may the potheen pass round But—Erin so beseeches— The Isle may with one theme resound,— O'Brien—and his breeches!

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Motto for a Bottle of Potheen.—"Oireland! with all thy faults I love thy still."

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We've found three half-barrels of porter under the bed in the room over there, and about two gallons of potheen hid under fishing nets.

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The clink of glasses told that the same fact had occurred to Miss O'Reilly, and a bottle of port, and another of what looked like water, but was in effect old potheen, were immediately upon the table.

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