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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SHEBEEN

She *been ", n. Etym: [Of Irish origin; cf. Ir. seapa a shop. ]

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

New American Oxford Dictionary

shebeen

she been |SHəˈbēn ʃəˈbin | ▶noun (esp. in Ireland, Scotland, and South Africa ) an unlicensed establishment or private house selling alcoholic liquor and typically regarded as slightly disreputable. ORIGIN late 18th cent.: from Anglo-Irish síbín, from séibe ‘mugful. ’

Oxford Dictionary

shebeen

shebeen |ʃɪˈbiːn | ▶noun (especially in Ireland, Scotland, and South Africa ) an unlicensed establishment or private house selling alcohol and typically regarded as slightly disreputable. • (in South Africa ) an informal licensed drinking place in a township. ORIGIN late 18th cent.: from Anglo-Irish síbín, from séibe ‘mugful ’.