Shebeen (noun)
she-been
(especially in Ireland, Scotland, and South Africa) an unlicensed establishment or private house selling alcohol and typically regarded as slightly disreputable.
Late 18th century from Anglo-Irish síbín, from séibe ‘mugful’.
Example sentences
“No one spoke about it but everyone knew she was running a shebeen from the house.”
Medley (noun) med-lee a mixture, especially of heterogeneous elements; hodgepodge; jumble. First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English noun and adjective medle(e), medlei(e), maedlai(e) “battle, war, quarrel; mixture, balanced mixture,” from…
