poteen

Example Sentences

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When barley and potato prices rose during and after World War II, the poteen industry languished.

From Time Magazine Archive

But for the next 50 years Ireland kept passing out literary surprises, for first-rate writers came along as fast as poteen at a christening: Russell, Synge, Gogarty, O'Casey, Joyce, O'Flaherty.

From Time Magazine Archive

Yet the special charm of this book is that it manages to describe Irish peasant life without condescension or that peculiar quaintness which often produces a distinct aroma of poteen and formaldehyde.

From Time Magazine Archive

I'd give you two kids for your dinner, and a gallon of poteen, and I'd call the piper on the long car to your wedding from Crossmolina or from Ballina.

From The Playboy of the Western World by Synge, J. M. (John Millington)

If we were to go off the main road we should be able to buy all these things, barring the poteen, and maybe the potatoes, but you could get plenty of onions instead.

From With Moore at Corunna by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)