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Unlawfully distilled Irish whiskey
Answer for the clue "Unlawfully distilled Irish whiskey ", 6 letters:
poteen
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Word definitions for poteen in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"illicit whiskey," 1812, from Irish poitin "little pot," suggesting distillation in small quantities, from English pot (n.1) "vessel" + diminutive suffix -in , -een .
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Poteen \Po*teen"\, Potheen \Po*theen"\, n. [Ir. poitin a small pot, whisky made in private stills; cf. pota pot, fr. E. pot.] Whisky; especially whisky distilled in a small way privately or illicitly by the Irish peasantry. [Written also potteen .]
Usage examples of poteen.
It occurred to her, though, that Poteen had said nothing of premonitions.
Eliza turned a beseeching gaze upon Poteen, begging her to say something, anything.
The herbal tea that Poteen had made earlier grew cold on the table beside her bed.
This was the sweet, innocent little Eliza Poteen had been telling him about?
After a moment, she recovered enough to fall back on the social graces Poteen had tried so hard to instill in her over the years.
Now the soul of politeness, she glanced at Poteen, who seemed strangely preoccupied.
So many doubts assailed her, but Poteen was always there to nudge her on.
Not for a moment did she believe Poteen had merely gotten into the spirit of the game.
What had he expected with only Poteen, Eliza, and himself knowing that it was not a real marriage?
She had had a feeling from the first that Poteen knew more than she had let on.
She pushed another pin into her hair as her eyes met the smiling black gaze of Poteen in the mirror.
Eliza said, watching Poteen go with narrowed eyes, turning back to stare in shock at the mess she had made of her hair.
It was one thing to wish to flirt a bit with the man, and entirely another to have Poteen forever playing at matchmaker.
There was always something disturbing about him, and Poteen has told me she thought him evil from the very first moment she saw him.
Relieved he allowed his thoughts to take a new direction and recalled the way Poteen had looked at him the first time that she saw him.