Definition of Shebean

1. shebeen [n -S] - See also: shebeen

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shebean

sheathing
sheathings
sheathless
sheathlike
sheaths
sheathy
sheats
sheave
sheaved
sheaves
sheaving
shebander
shebang
shebangs
shebean (current term)
shebeans
shebeen
shebeened
shebeens
sheboon
shechinah
shechinahs
shechita
shechitas
shed
shed a tear
shed blood
shed light on

Literary usage of Shebean

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Library of the World's Best Literature: Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner (1902)
"said some; but they were all well enough pleased when his Honor got up to drink with them, and sent for more spirits from a shebean-house, where they very ..."

2. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner (1896)
"said some; but they were all well enough pleased when his Honor got up to drink with them, and sent for more spirits from a shebean-house, where they very ..."

3. Bentley's Miscellany by Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith (1842)
"... and we were ushered into the aforesaid shebean. We were a little astounded, but, " To be nice about trifles is not over wise. ..."

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