noun
- an unlicensed establishment or private house where alcoholic beverages are sold illegally
Usage: chiefly Irish and South African
Examples
- The police raided the shebeen after receiving complaints from neighbors.
- During Prohibition, many shebeens operated in secret throughout the city.
- She ran a small shebeen from her kitchen to make extra money.
- The shebeen was hidden in the back room of an ordinary-looking house.
- Local authorities struggled to shut down the numerous shebeens in the township.
- He met his friends at the neighborhood shebeen every Friday night.