No vile new-fangled heresies, such as crushed mint, lump ice, shortage of "poteen," found favor in his eyes. From Wordnik.com. [Recollections and reflections : an auto of half a century and more,] Reference
If that's not poteen, may I never wet my lips with it again. From Wordnik.com. [Duty, and other Irish Comedies] Reference
In a word “poteen” on December 7, 2009 at 9: 51 pm Tony F. From Wordnik.com. [Our Friends From The North « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG] Reference
We have it on the testimony of the sergeant that it is poteen. From Wordnik.com. [Duty, and other Irish Comedies] Reference
Sometimes I think 'tis poteen, and sometimes I think it isn't. From Wordnik.com. [Duty, and other Irish Comedies] Reference
Castletownballymacreedy, where they make the best poteen in Ireland. From Wordnik.com. [Duty, and other Irish Comedies] Reference
Dalziel chuckled richly, like bubbles passing through a poteen still. From Wordnik.com. [Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine]
The poteen flowed like a waterfall that from the still had just come newly. From Wordnik.com. [The King of Ballyhooley] Reference
How dare you disagree with me, sir, and I drinking poteen every day of my life. From Wordnik.com. [Duty, and other Irish Comedies] Reference
It differed only in minor particulars from the usquebaugh and poteen of their Celt forebears. From Wordnik.com. [Cold Mountain]
Will your Worship be good enough before passing sentence to make sure that the liquor is poteen?. From Wordnik.com. [Duty, and other Irish Comedies] Reference
And so far it has not been proved to either his or my satisfaction that the intoxicant is poteen. From Wordnik.com. [Duty, and other Irish Comedies] Reference
Mr. Fennell was what we would call a model husband, before he touched this poteen goes without saying. From Wordnik.com. [Duty, and other Irish Comedies] Reference
He can bring it to the four courts of -- Jericho, if he likes, but that stuff in the bottle is poteen all the same. From Wordnik.com. [Duty, and other Irish Comedies] Reference
There is no water in the court, and the clerk gets the kind of inspiration that the sergeant desires and fetches the poteen. From Wordnik.com. [Duty, and other Irish Comedies] Reference
As Mr. Fennel is so dogmatic about this liquor not being poteen, why does he not tell us where and from whom he purchased it?. From Wordnik.com. [Duty, and other Irish Comedies] Reference
There's not a shadow of a doubt about it being poteen, your Worship, and as fine a drop as I have tasted for many a long day. From Wordnik.com. [Duty, and other Irish Comedies] Reference
I'm glad to hear you say so, because when I said that the liquor in the decanter was poteen, I knew what I was talking about. From Wordnik.com. [Duty, and other Irish Comedies] Reference
We have proved that poteen was found in the prisoner's house, and if he did not make it himself, where then did he get it from?. From Wordnik.com. [Duty, and other Irish Comedies] Reference
All the same, I haven't a word to say to my husband, the cowardly ruffian, only for his love of poteen, bad temper, and contrary ways. From Wordnik.com. [Duty, and other Irish Comedies] Reference
Does your client mean for a moment to cast a reflection on the police of this town, and insinuate that they don't know what poteen is?. From Wordnik.com. [Duty, and other Irish Comedies] Reference
At the time, the atmosphere in Belfast was like Irish poteen liquor: boiled and fermented, distilled into something potent and unlawful. From Wordnik.com. [Double Blind] Reference
The only thing that remained whole was the chair that he sat in and the decanter that fed the broken glass from which he drank the poteen. From Wordnik.com. [Duty, and other Irish Comedies] Reference
The charge of house-breaking then will be dismissed, but I must impose a heavy fine and sentence for using the illegal intoxicant, poteen. From Wordnik.com. [Duty, and other Irish Comedies] Reference
Innishowen poteen, but the slenderness of my purse. From Wordnik.com. [The Letters of "Norah" on Her Tour Through Ireland] Reference
L6 for possessing poteen, and was unable to pay it. From Wordnik.com. [The Letters of "Norah" on Her Tour Through Ireland] Reference
They are celebrated distillers of poteen whiskey, but are not rich. From Wordnik.com. [Valentine M'Clutchy, The Irish Agent The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two] Reference
One man told me of the poteen drinking that takes place at some funerals. From Wordnik.com. [The Aran Islands] Reference
There are three of my own tenants, Papists to be sure, in for distilling poteen. From Wordnik.com. [Valentine M'Clutchy, The Irish Agent The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two] Reference
The horse had been accustomed to get this when he had won a race, and knew the taste of poteen. From Wordnik.com. [The Letters of "Norah" on Her Tour Through Ireland] Reference
"Well," said he, "ha, ha, ha! now that that breeze has blown over -- about the poteen, Hartley?". From Wordnik.com. [Valentine M'Clutchy, The Irish Agent The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two] Reference
Where do you think poteen comes from? what can I hide in the food waste that will cause problems?. From Wordnik.com. [Army Rumour Service] Reference
Their poteen (whiskey) craft, handed down by their Scotch-Irish ancestors, survives today in what outlanders term moonshining. From Wordnik.com. [Blue Ridge Country] Reference
They resented heartily the King's levy of tax upon the poteen which they had learned to make from their adopted Irish brothers. From Wordnik.com. [Blue Ridge Country] Reference
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