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poteen

noun as in whiskey

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And a drop of poteen is a wonderful thing to drive away the melancholy thoughts that haunt and bother so many of us.

He introduced a timprance lecturer that towld the boys the poteen was pizenin' thim, an' 'twas wather they must dhrink.

I wouldn't thrust one of thim to rub down a horse, nor wid a bottle of poteen.

If they 're cows, begad they must have got at that sixty-three gallons of poteen you talked of; for they're all drunk.

Their poteen (whiskey) craft, handed down by their Scotch-Irish ancestors, survives today in what outlanders term moonshining.

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On this page you'll find 13 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to poteen, such as: alcohol, drink, liquor, spirits, distiller, and hooch.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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