See Also: donzel(dictionary)

shebeen (iou) and donzel (iou)


shebeen (iou)



shebeen noun. Orig. Anglo-Irish. L18.
[Irish sibin, of unkn. origin: see -EEN2.]
An unlicensed house or shop selling alcoholic liquor; a disreputable public house.
Comb.: shebeen queen S. Afr. a woman who runs a shebeen.
shebeener noun a person who keeps a shebeen L19.

donzel (iou)



donzel noun. Now arch. or Hist. L16.
[Italian donzello from Proto-Romance dim. of Latin dominus lord, master: see -EL2. Cf. DON noun1, DAMSEL.]
A young gentleman not yet knighted; a squire, a page.