27 January 2016
poteen
[puh-teen, -cheen, -theen, poh-]
noun
1. the first distillation of a fermented mash in the making of whiskey.
2. illicitly distilled whiskey.
Also, potheen.
Origin of poteen
Irish
1805-1815; < Irish poitín literally, small pot, diminutive of pota pot1
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Historical Examples
Whatever Brady’s usual habits of christening his poteen might have been, that which he now placed before them was good.
The Hedge School; The Midnight Mass; The Donagh
William Carleton
Send me that poteen you spoke of, and ignore the Bills against these M’Caffreys.
Valentine M’Clutchy, The Irish Agent
William Carleton
Mutton always—fish and game when there’s the season for them—and poteen to wash them down.
Luttrell Of Arran
Charles James Lever
Anagram
pet eon
Today’s quote
If you want to know what a man’s like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.
– J.K. Rowling
On this day
27 January – International Holocaust Memorial Day in remembrance of the 11 million victims of the Nazi holocaust before and during the Second World War. Victims included 6 million Jews (3 million of whom were Polish), 3 million Polish Christians, 2 million gypsies, and millions of others, including Africans, Asians, people with mental or physical disabilities, Communists, Socialist, Unionists, intellectuals, homosexuals, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Slavs, Freemasons, political activists and anyone else either opposed to Nazi ideology, or living in land Hitler wanted (particularly Poland) or who didn’t fit his idea of a perfect master race. The date was chosen because 27 January 1945 was the date that Soviet troops liberated Auschwitz-Birchenau, the largest of the Nazi death camps.
27 January 1756 – birthday of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, composer.
27 January 1926 – In London, John Logie Baird publicly demonstrates a revolutionary new invention, the television system.
27 January 1945 – The Soviet Army liberates survivors of the largest Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz in Poland, where it is estimated more than 1,000,000 Jews and tens of thousands of others were executed.
27 January 1967 – Outer Space Treaty was signed by 60 countries, including the USA and USSR, prohibiting the placement of weapons of mass destruction in space.
27 January 1973 – the Vietnam War formally ends with a treaty signed between the USA, North Vietnam and South Vietnam.
27 January 1984 – Michael Jackson’s hair catches on fire while he is singing ‘Billy Jean’ during filming of a Pepsi commercial.
27 January 2014 – death of Peter Seeger, American singer-songwriter, musician, activist. Born 3 May 1919.