shebeenn.

/ʃɪˈbiːn/

Forms: Also shebean, shibbeen.

Etymology: Originally Anglo-Irish; of obscure origin. The ending is Irish -ín as in caubeen , colleen , etc.; an improbable conjecture is that the word is < Irish seapa < English shop n., adj., and int. In recent Irish dictionaries it is given as Irish, with the spelling sibín.

1. Chiefly in Ireland and Scotland: a shop or house where excisable liquors are sold without a licence (see quot. 1903); any low wayside public-house.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > drinking place > [noun] > tavern or public house > illegal drinking-house

shebeenc1787

joint1821

kiddleywink1830

blind tiger1857

shanty1862

dive1871

blind-pig1887

speakeasy1889

shebeen1900

booze can1905

speak1930

speako1931

nip joint1936

society > trade and finance > trading place > place where retail transactions made > [noun] > shop > shop selling liquor > unlicensed

shebeenc1787

whistling-shop1796

c1787 Kilmainham Minit in Sketches Ireland 60 Yrs. Ago (1847) 88 With de stuff to a shebeen we hied.

1832 G. Downes Lett. from Continental Countries I. 382 The hovel, which proved to be a house of entertainment, such as in Ireland we call a shebeen.

1842 S. Lover Handy Andy xxvi The money your honour gave me that I spint at the shebeen upon the 'lecthors.

1859 All Year Round 16 July 285 Here we came to a shibbeen, and for the third time the young doctor got down and called for whisky.

1892 Rev. Reviews V. 272/1 Twelve hundred shebeens in Cardiff!

1903 Act 3 Edward VII c. 25 §107 The word ‘shebeen’ shall mean and include every house, shop, room, premises or place in which exciseable liquors are trafficked in, by retail, without a certificate and excise licence in that behalf.

2. In a South African township (township n. 5c): an illicit establishment where liquor is sold or consumed. In extended sense: a drinking-party, esp. among West Indians.

ΘΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > drinking place > [noun] > tavern or public house > illegal drinking-house

shebeenc1787

joint1821

kiddleywink1830

blind tiger1857

shanty1862

dive1871

blind-pig1887

speakeasy1889

shebeen1900

booze can1905

speak1930

speako1931

nip joint1936

society > leisure > social event > social gathering > party > [noun] > drinking-party

potationa1500

symposium1711

wine-party1829

shout1854

wine1857

grog-fight1864

punch1871

grog1888

beer drink1895

cocktail party1903

cocktails1922

jollo1934

sherry party1936

shebeen1943

sundowner1944

wine and cheese (party, etc.)1961

kegger1966

sherry morning1976

1900 Kruger's Secret Service vi. 135 In Fordsburg there was a shebeen kept by a certain Pulinski... Pulinski took me inside, where I found the place to be full of Kaffirs.

1931 J. Mockford Khama x. 77 So zealous was Khama in enforcing his ban on beer, that he afterwards led raids on shebeens himself and fired the huts of the brewers with his own hand.

1943 Cape Argus 13 Jan. 3 Carousals that cannot be described as shebeens, but that are almost as mischievous.

1944 I. D. Du Plessis Cape Malays v. 81 Shebeens have sprung up in clusters, wine is brought in from Monday to Saturday by ‘runners’.

1958 Times Lit. Suppl. 22 Aug. 472/5 The flashy, teeming, squalid world of the urban localities..laughter, gramophones, shebeens, and ‘tsotsi’ thugs making night excursions dangerous for Africans and police alike.

1962 D. Lessing Golden Notebk. i. 57 Peter..spends his last night in the Colony drunk, and by chance encounters his dark love in some shabby Shebeen.

1975 New Society 10 July 71/1 The West Indians [in Southampton], who are more free and easy, and tend to have noisy all night parties and shebeens.

1980 Times 31 May 5/1 The South African Government, after years of battling to control illicit drinking dens, known as shebeens, in black townships, has conceded defeat and legalized them.

Compounds

C1. General attributive, as shebeen-house, shebeen-shop; also shebeen-keeper.

1798 J. Holt Mem. (1838) I. 5 I struck off the road to a shebeen house or cabin in which whiskey is sold without a license.

1800 M. Edgeworth Castle Rackrent 153 His honour..sent for more spirits from a shebean-house [note] Shebean-house—a hedge alehouse. Shebean properly means weak small bear, taplash.

c1815 Song, ‘Oh, St. Patrick was a Gentleman’ v His mother kept a shebeen shop In the town of Enniskillen.

1852 G. C. Mundy Our Antipodes I. iv. 144 Every mile or two has some establishment of the kind, ranging between the hotel and the shebeen house.

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xv. [Circe] 428 In the shadow a shebeenkeeper haggles with the navvy and the two redcoats.

C2.

shebeen queen n. South African a woman who runs a shebeen.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > providing or serving drink > [noun] > inn or tavern keeping > innkeeper > illicit

shebeener1870

jointist1889

shebeen queen1954

1954 R. St. John Through Malan's Afr. xxx. 236 Shebeen queens were warned to stop their liquor selling.

1977 Time 10 Jan. 24/1 After the fire-bombing of a few that stayed open, the shebeen queens (women that operate most speakeasies) duly shut up shop, and Sowetoans did their Christmas drinking quietly at home.

Derivatives

sheˈbeener n. a person who keeps or frequents a shebeen.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > providing or serving drink > [noun] > inn or tavern keeping > innkeeper > illicit

shebeener1870

jointist1889

shebeen queen1954

society > trade and finance > selling > seller > sellers of specific things > [noun] > seller of provisions > seller of liquor > unlicensed

whistler1821

shebeener1870

1870 Figaro 14 Dec. (Farmer) Three extensive captures of shebeeners were made in Glasgow on Sunday. One hundred and twenty persons were found in the dens.

1873 Scotsman 15 Feb. (Farmer) Grocers, Shebeeners, and others who sell liquors which are consumed on their Premises, and who hold no Licence to do so.

1942 Cape Times 24 Dec. 7 The shebeeners of large townships naturally press for the abolition of municipal beer-halls.

1950 Cape Times 17 June (Week-end Mag.) 5/4 The pay of the mailer is good... Added to this, there is an occasional dop from both shebeener and customer.

sheˈbeening n. the keeping of a shebeen; the illegal selling of liquor.

1887 Sc. Leader 15 Dec. 4 ‘Shebeening’ by an Edinburgh Publican.

1906 Daily Mail 17 Aug. 3/7 A Sheffield barber was fined..for shebeening.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	shebeen
释义	shebeenn. /ʃɪˈbiːn/ Forms: Also shebean, shibbeen. Etymology: Originally Anglo-Irish; of obscure origin. The ending is Irish -ín as in caubeen , colleen , etc.; an improbable conjecture is that the word is < Irish seapa < English shop n., adj., and int. In recent Irish dictionaries it is given as Irish, with the spelling sibín. 1. Chiefly in Ireland and Scotland: a shop or house where excisable liquors are sold without a licence (see quot. 1903); any low wayside public-house. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > drinking place > [noun] > tavern or public house > illegal drinking-house shebeenc1787 joint1821 kiddleywink1830 blind tiger1857 shanty1862 dive1871 blind-pig1887 speakeasy1889 shebeen1900 booze can1905 speak1930 speako1931 nip joint1936 society > trade and finance > trading place > place where retail transactions made > [noun] > shop > shop selling liquor > unlicensed shebeenc1787 whistling-shop1796 c1787 Kilmainham Minit in Sketches Ireland 60 Yrs. Ago (1847) 88 With de stuff to a shebeen we hied. 1832 G. Downes Lett. from Continental Countries I. 382 The hovel, which proved to be a house of entertainment, such as in Ireland we call a shebeen. 1842 S. Lover Handy Andy xxvi The money your honour gave me that I spint at the shebeen upon the 'lecthors. 1859 All Year Round 16 July 285 Here we came to a shibbeen, and for the third time the young doctor got down and called for whisky. 1892 Rev. Reviews V. 272/1 Twelve hundred shebeens in Cardiff! 1903 Act 3 Edward VII c. 25 §107 The word ‘shebeen’ shall mean and include every house, shop, room, premises or place in which exciseable liquors are trafficked in, by retail, without a certificate and excise licence in that behalf. 2. In a South African township (township n. 5c): an illicit establishment where liquor is sold or consumed. In extended sense: a drinking-party, esp. among West Indians. ΘΠ the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > drinking place > [noun] > tavern or public house > illegal drinking-house shebeenc1787 joint1821 kiddleywink1830 blind tiger1857 shanty1862 dive1871 blind-pig1887 speakeasy1889 shebeen1900 booze can1905 speak1930 speako1931 nip joint1936 society > leisure > social event > social gathering > party > [noun] > drinking-party potationa1500 symposium1711 wine-party1829 shout1854 wine1857 grog-fight1864 punch1871 grog1888 beer drink1895 cocktail party1903 cocktails1922 jollo1934 sherry party1936 shebeen1943 sundowner1944 wine and cheese (party, etc.)1961 kegger1966 sherry morning1976 1900 Kruger's Secret Service vi. 135 In Fordsburg there was a shebeen kept by a certain Pulinski... Pulinski took me inside, where I found the place to be full of Kaffirs. 1931 J. Mockford Khama x. 77 So zealous was Khama in enforcing his ban on beer, that he afterwards led raids on shebeens himself and fired the huts of the brewers with his own hand. 1943 Cape Argus 13 Jan. 3 Carousals that cannot be described as shebeens, but that are almost as mischievous. 1944 I. D. Du Plessis Cape Malays v. 81 Shebeens have sprung up in clusters, wine is brought in from Monday to Saturday by ‘runners’. 1958 Times Lit. Suppl. 22 Aug. 472/5 The flashy, teeming, squalid world of the urban localities..laughter, gramophones, shebeens, and ‘tsotsi’ thugs making night excursions dangerous for Africans and police alike. 1962 D. Lessing Golden Notebk. i. 57 Peter..spends his last night in the Colony drunk, and by chance encounters his dark love in some shabby Shebeen. 1975 New Society 10 July 71/1 The West Indians [in Southampton], who are more free and easy, and tend to have noisy all night parties and shebeens. 1980 Times 31 May 5/1 The South African Government, after years of battling to control illicit drinking dens, known as shebeens, in black townships, has conceded defeat and legalized them. Compounds C1. General attributive, as shebeen-house, shebeen-shop; also shebeen-keeper. Π 1798 J. Holt Mem. (1838) I. 5 I struck off the road to a shebeen house or cabin in which whiskey is sold without a license. 1800 M. Edgeworth Castle Rackrent 153 His honour..sent for more spirits from a shebean-house [note] Shebean-house—a hedge alehouse. Shebean properly means weak small bear, taplash. c1815 Song, ‘Oh, St. Patrick was a Gentleman’ v His mother kept a shebeen shop In the town of Enniskillen. 1852 G. C. Mundy Our Antipodes I. iv. 144 Every mile or two has some establishment of the kind, ranging between the hotel and the shebeen house. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xv. [Circe] 428 In the shadow a shebeenkeeper haggles with the navvy and the two redcoats. C2. shebeen queen n. South African a woman who runs a shebeen. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > providing or serving drink > [noun] > inn or tavern keeping > innkeeper > illicit shebeener1870 jointist1889 shebeen queen1954 1954 R. St. John Through Malan's Afr. xxx. 236 Shebeen queens were warned to stop their liquor selling. 1977 Time 10 Jan. 24/1 After the fire-bombing of a few that stayed open, the shebeen queens (women that operate most speakeasies) duly shut up shop, and Sowetoans did their Christmas drinking quietly at home. Derivatives sheˈbeener n. a person who keeps or frequents a shebeen. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > providing or serving drink > [noun] > inn or tavern keeping > innkeeper > illicit shebeener1870 jointist1889 shebeen queen1954 society > trade and finance > selling > seller > sellers of specific things > [noun] > seller of provisions > seller of liquor > unlicensed whistler1821 shebeener1870 1870 Figaro 14 Dec. (Farmer) Three extensive captures of shebeeners were made in Glasgow on Sunday. One hundred and twenty persons were found in the dens. 1873 Scotsman 15 Feb. (Farmer) Grocers, Shebeeners, and others who sell liquors which are consumed on their Premises, and who hold no Licence to do so. 1942 Cape Times 24 Dec. 7 The shebeeners of large townships naturally press for the abolition of municipal beer-halls. 1950 Cape Times 17 June (Week-end Mag.) 5/4 The pay of the mailer is good... Added to this, there is an occasional dop from both shebeener and customer. sheˈbeening n. the keeping of a shebeen; the illegal selling of liquor. Π 1887 Sc. Leader 15 Dec. 4 ‘Shebeening’ by an Edinburgh Publican. 1906 Daily Mail 17 Aug. 3/7 A Sheffield barber was fined..for shebeening. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.c1787
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