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poteen

/pəˈtiːn/ US, UK
/pəˈtʃiːn/ US, UK
/pəˈtiːn/ Ireland
/ˈpɒ.tiːn/ Ireland
/-tjiːn/ Ireland
/-t͡ʃiːn/ Ireland

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From Irish poitín (“little pot; poteen”), from pota (“pot”) (from Middle English potte, Proto-Germanic *puttaz (“pot, jar; tub”), of unknown origin) + -ín (diminutive suffix).

noun poteens · poitin · potcheen · potheen · pottheen · potteen

Ireland, countable, uncountable Illegally produced Irish whiskey; moonshine. The Irish peasantry practice the distillation of that illicit spirituous liquor, so well known by the name of poteen whiskey, with a most unaccountable infatuation.
Ireland, broadly, countable An unlicensed drinking establishment selling illegally produced Irish whiskey. Kildrumferton … Pop. 9,687 […] There are nine licensed public houses; poteens many more. Illicit distillation prevails to a very great extent, the district being rarely visited by the revenue police, not indeed for years past; the presence of the excise officer in a neighbouring town is the only che

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noun illegally produced Irish whiskey

Español	poitín
Français	poteen, potcheen, poitín
Deutsch	Poteen, Potcheen
Русский	потин potin

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@misc{poteen_2026,
  title = {poteen},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/poteen},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}