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Dictionary: po·teen   (pə-tēn', pō-, pə-chēn') pronunciation

n.
Unlawfully distilled Irish whiskey.

[Irish Gaelic poitín, small pot, poteen, from pota, pot, from EnglishPOT1 .]


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Irish; illicit home-distilled spirit.

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Meaning #1: unlawfully distilled Irish whiskey


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Dansk (Danish)
n. - hjemmebrændt whisky

Nederlands (Dutch)
illegaal gedestilleerde Ierse whisky

Français (French)
n. - whisky (distillé en fraude)

Deutsch (German)
n. - schwarz gebrannter Whisky

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (Ιρλ.) λαθραίο οινοπνευματώδες ποτό (συνήθως από πατάτα)

Italiano (Italian)
whisky di contrabbando

Português (Portuguese)
n. - uísque clandestino (m)

Русский (Russian)
самогон

Español (Spanish)
n. - aguardiente irlandés

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - hembränd whisky, hembränt

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
私酿的威士忌

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 私釀的威士忌

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 밀조 위스키

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 密造ウイスキー

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ويسكي معدة بطريقه غير مشروعه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮ויסקי‬


 
 
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