(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 3:05:00

She*been" (?), n. [Of Irish origin; cf. Ir. seapa a shop.]

A low public house; especially, a place where spirits and other excisable liquors are illegally and privately sold.

[Ireland]<-- in the 1920's, termed a speakeasy -->

 

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