"shebeen" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1979, André Brink, A Dry White Season, Vintage, published 1998, page 178:",
          "text": "‘Well, let's line,’ he said to Ben. ‘We can fill up at a shebeen.’",
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          "ref": "1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela, London: Abacus, published 2010, page 88:",
          "text": "On almost every corner there were shebeens, illegal saloons that were shacks where home-brewed beer was served.",
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          "ref": "2007 April 14, Ed Vulliamy, “Absolute MacInnes”, in The Guardian:",
          "text": "[…]while across Ladbroke Grove, on the mainly black side, the Rio cafe into which I self-consciously tiptoed occasionally became the Mangrove restaurant, and All Saints Road the shebeen and dope-dealing capital of London, under the hammer of the police.",
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          "text": "Every night and day there were bombs and gunshots and riots and roundups, and it didn't take long to gain access to the bars and shebeens where these things were discussed with a certain knowingness.",
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        "An unlicensed drinking establishment, especially in Ireland, Scotland, and South Africa."
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          "Ireland",
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          "Scotland",
          "Scotland"
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          "South Africa",
          "South Africa"
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          "word": "shibbeen"
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      "ipa": "/ʃɪˈbiːn/",
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        "UK"
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      "rhymes": "-iːn"
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    "shebeen"
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        "To operate an unlicensed drinking establishment."
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        "(intransitive) To operate an unlicensed drinking establishment."
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          "ref": "1979, André Brink, A Dry White Season, Vintage, published 1998, page 178:",
          "text": "‘Well, let's line,’ he said to Ben. ‘We can fill up at a shebeen.’",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela, London: Abacus, published 2010, page 88:",
          "text": "On almost every corner there were shebeens, illegal saloons that were shacks where home-brewed beer was served.",
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        {
          "ref": "2007 April 14, Ed Vulliamy, “Absolute MacInnes”, in The Guardian:",
          "text": "[…]while across Ladbroke Grove, on the mainly black side, the Rio cafe into which I self-consciously tiptoed occasionally became the Mangrove restaurant, and All Saints Road the shebeen and dope-dealing capital of London, under the hammer of the police.",
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          "text": "Every night and day there were bombs and gunshots and riots and roundups, and it didn't take long to gain access to the bars and shebeens where these things were discussed with a certain knowingness.",
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      "word": "shibbeen"
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        "To operate an unlicensed drinking establishment."
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        "(intransitive) To operate an unlicensed drinking establishment."
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