| 单词 | shebeen |
| 例句 | Many shebeens sold brandy, whisky and cartoons—a fermented sorghum brew made by the government, especially for black taste- buds. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Throughout the week, on street corners, in stores, at shebeens all over the neighbourhood, the talk was about the fight, and black people everywhere were enraptured by Ali’s feats. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z To quiet my hunger, I embarked upon a career of stealing beer and soda bottles from shebeens, and frequently ended up in trouble. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The shebeens were where men would go to drink after work and during prayer meetings and most any other time of day as well. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “We know what happened to your business in Dead Man’s Vlei. The police were there! They closed up your little shebeen and took your slaves away. You have no business, She Elephant.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z And at times we would spend entire mornings scouring the streets for empty beer bottles and used bus tickets, to sell to shebeen queens and bus drivers. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z It was not uncommon for some desperate, enterprising shebeen queen to throw dirty shoes, tobacco leaves or dirty underwear into the brew to speed up fermentation, so as to sell it before the next raid. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z He made it a personal crusade to visit shebeens regularly, and there, amid intense beer-drinking and boisterous talk, denounce Christianity as a “clever ploy through which whites sought to keep blacks forever slaves.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z His name was everywhere: in stores, in schools, in churches, in shebeens, in the madam’s kitchen and garden. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Aware of the risks involved, my mother was quick to reply, “You know about raids on shebeens, don’t you? Our pass and permit problems are enough to worry about.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The shebeens were unlawful bars in the back of someone’s house. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Some hurried home, there to feed the many hungry mouths awaiting their arrival; others headed for the crazy comfort of shebeens where, in one fleeting moment of glory, they could be masters of their destinies. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z On almost every corner there were shebeens, illegal saloons that were shacks where home-brewed beer was served. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Along with selling cartoons, shebeen owners sold illegal concoctions brewed in the backyards, often under unsanitary conditions. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z My mom, who was only six or seven herself, used to round up the abandoned kids and form a troop and take them around to the shebeens. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z We would spend the day scouring the ghetto for warehouses where shebeen queens stored their illicit hooch. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z He could burst into the shebeen and knock out all three adults with the bucket. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z But still shebeens thrived, for they were an irresistible and indispensable way of making ends meet, providing much-needed income to augment slave wages received from working for white people. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z We lurched about holding beer cartons in our hands, mimicking the many drunken men and women we saw stagger out of shebeens. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z They have been drinking together nearly every afternoon at the local shebeen for as long as anyone can remember, until Colm abruptly and unilaterally declares an end to their friendship. ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’ Review: Giving Your Friend the Finger 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z The latter was a celebration of a famous Orcadian character, Willie Farquhar, who kept a shebeen on the island from the war years through to the 1960s, when the authorities closed him down. Alan Plater obituary 2010-06-25T13:29:00Z Come January, Broadway will lose a cozy shebeen, a place for song, story, chat and some pretty pricey ales. Times Writers Share Last Chance Theater Picks 2014-12-25T05:00:00Z The stage had been converted into something like a shebeen: a pub, an African juke joint, with plastic crates for seats and lanterns for lighting. Review: In ‘Nehanda,’ the Band Played On 2022-09-18T04:00:00Z Mahlasela recorded it by putting on a concert of South African oldies in the street where her shebeen was. Taylor Swift’s Heartbreak Dreamscape, and 9 More New Songs 2020-07-24T04:00:00Z There's stuff that's said around certain dinner tables; stuff said in certain shebeens or pubs. Mies Julie in London: 'Apartheid was an insane experiment' 2013-03-06T20:00:02Z This new music startled the jazz world by splicing the sounds of township dancehalls and shebeens, African Methodist hymns of Brand's Cape Town childhood, and the American jazz of Ellington and Thelonious Monk. 50 great moments in jazz: Abdullah Ibrahim 2011-02-09T16:21:12Z These drinking holes, often in residential areas, are a legacy of shebeens from the apartheid era, when Black South Africans were not allowed to enter segregated bars. At Least 21 Dead After 3 Tavern Shootings in South Africa 2022-07-10T04:00:00Z When asked how they were going to celebrate, the group said they would have a few pints "back at the shebeen". Turner Prize: Belfast-based Array Collective wins award 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z Throughout Africa and the African diaspora, black bars tend to serve as more than hangouts, be they the shebeens of South Africa or the juke joints of the Mississippi Delta. A shot before last call: Capturing New Orleans’ vanishing black bars 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z “It was a shebeen. But for the purposes of this conversation, let’s pretend it wasn’t and it was a residential club.” Skunk Anansie's Skin: 'I was irritated when Beyoncé said she was first' 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z The shebeen queens were some of the most powerful people in the community. ‘Atlas of Beer’ surveys beer culture around the world 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z These shebeens became sites of violence and risky behavior, with little oversight, a culture that continues to day, according to a 2018 World Health Organization report. At Least 21 Dead After 3 Tavern Shootings in South Africa 2022-07-10T04:00:00Z Along with shebeens, or corner taverns, spazas are one of the most visible parts of township life, and a major component of South Africa's vast informal economy. South Africa's 'spaza' shops suffer as big retail rolls in 2014-04-20T09:04:38Z He put up posters of Mr Mandela at his shebeen, while his group played for the patrons. Nelson Mandela death: Giving thanks for 'Madiba' 2013-12-08T15:25:10Z “I don’t care what they say, it was a shebeen.” Skunk Anansie's Skin: 'I was irritated when Beyoncé said she was first' 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z Many spend their days at the Maponya Mall, a shopping centre straight from the rich world, and their nights in shebeens, private drinking dens that first opened when blacks could not legally visit bars. South Africa: Cheerleaders and naysayers 2013-02-28T16:08:33Z Her nurse's shebeen--a tumble-down festering hostelry thatched with decaying straw--was no better than a dog-boy's boozing ken, a disgraceful trysting-place for drunken soldiers, who were enticed thither by its excellent poteen. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z We know now that after the destruction of the shebeen this precious young lady went to live in barracks with the soldiers.' My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:26.817Z Maxwell and I went back with the police, and Maxwell explained to me at some length the origin of the word shebeen. Further Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-11-24T03:00:44.527Z Skin’s first real exposure to music was through the shebeens her grandad would throw – however, the last time she labelled his parties as such in an interview, she got in trouble with her mum. Skunk Anansie's Skin: 'I was irritated when Beyoncé said she was first' 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z They seized alcohol, equipment and £400 in cash at the shebeen in the Mount Esplanade area of the town. Illegal shebeen raided by police 2011-06-19T17:14:04Z They might be passed up from the shebeen at night-time--Biddy and your man Phil would see to it--over the old ivy wall, and exchange a kiss or two into the bargain.' My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z He sank panting on his seat, bewildered--then, stealing out, made the best of his way to the shebeen. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:26.817Z Do you remember the story of the Irish priest telling the peasant that whenever he—the peasant aforesaid—went into a 'shebeen' to drink, his guardian angel stood weeping at the door. Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II 2011-04-15T02:00:16.987Z Pacing up and down the hut with a kind of stealthy cat-like pace, was an individual, whose unprepossessing exterior was in good keeping with the wretched appearance of this Texan shebeen house. Tales from Blackwood Volume 5 2011-03-13T03:00:21.980Z In the shebeen, a shed like the rest. Global Soccer: In Host's Success, Change Triumphs 2010-07-11T22:40:00Z From Cape Town to Soweto, fans gathered in fan parks and city squares, in bars and shebeens, wearing a mix of Dutch orange, Spanish red and South African yellow. Mandela attends closing ceremony 2010-07-11T20:30:00Z Your ingenuous boy, Terence, with the assistance of the people at the shebeen below. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:26.817Z On Friday, they will play their first fans' match against a team in Soweto before watching the opening game between the hosts and Mexico in a local shebeen. World Cup England supporters to visit Robben Island and townships 2010-06-07T16:09:00Z No alcohol is allowed in the arena, and she was operating a small shebeen to allow the thirsty to fortify themselves. Soweto Journal: Rugby Fans Go Offside in South Africa 2010-06-02T00:46:00Z The hounds came to a check, and a hailstorm came on, and all the gentlemen went into a little shebeen house for shelter. Jack Hinton The Guardsman When he finished, he glanced at his mother, feeling sorry for her, wishing that she would go to the shebeens with him and have at least a little happiness before she died. The Buttoned Sky At intervals a smaller edifice, crowned by an old brush and swinging lantern, invited to a temporary shebeen. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:26.817Z There are worse places than that little 'shebeen;' but you must permit me to offer you a glass of claret, which never tastes the worse in company with a grouse pie. The O'Donoghue Tale Of Ireland Fifty Years Ago The others, who now lay dead at a shebeen house in the neighbourhood, consisted of an old woman and her son, and his wife and a grown daughter, and a son. The Landleaguers The members would return to their bogs, their tripe shops, their shebeens, and patriotism would become a lost art. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule There was a bitter taste in his mouth, and a pain in his ear where somebody'd hit him during a shebeen brawl the night before. The Buttoned Sky In this lane at the time to which we allude the widow Mulready kept the shebeen shop, of which mention has before been made. The Macdermots of Ballycloran Pacing up and down the hut with a kind of stealthy cat-like pace, was an individual, whose unprepossessing exterior was in good keeping with the wretched appearance of this Texian shebeen house. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 54, No. 338, December 1843 And an old man, who is still lamenting the fall in prices after the Battle of Waterloo, remembers having seen him 'one time at a shebeen house that used to be down there in Clonerle. Poets and Dreamers Studies and translations from the Irish They take up both glasses at once, and after a loving sniff at the poteen they pour it slowly down, the shebeen stuff tasting like a torchlight procession. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule "Why'd you think I kept stopping your fights in the shebeen?" The Buttoned Sky Pierre Benoist, the survivor of the French brig, arrived at Mother McKay's shebeen in good order, with the borrowed blanket draped over his broad shoulders and the borrowed sealing-gun under his arm. The Harbor Master If a man fits up his house as a shebeen, and has conducted it tolerably, he ought to receive just compensation when his licence is cancelled owing to there being too many in a district. The Reminiscences of an Irish Land Agent But Barny Brady, that keeps the shebeen house—you know him—is of another opinion. The Hedge School; The Midnight Mass; The Donagh Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three Whenever they came to a public-house or a shebeen, they either dismounted and had a cordial drop together, or took it in the saddle after touching each other's glasses in token of love and amity. The Emigrants Of Ahadarra The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two Haven't I sent a troop for Dawvys in his hole in the coppice, and another to say in the lanes and shebeens that I'm alive? The Buttoned Sky By noon he had reached a miserable, dirty shebeen; and here he dried himself, sheltered and fed his horse and ate from his own provisions. The Harbor Master There is cynicism on the surface, but a depth of ardent sympathy and imaginative feeling below, and vistas of thought are opened up that lead from the West of Ireland shebeen to the stars.... Ireland and the Home Rule Movement Those however, who had any love affair on hands generally selected the shebeen house, as being private, and less calculated to expose them to general observation. The Hedge School; The Midnight Mass; The Donagh Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three Good gracious, woman, where would ye put them in that little shebeen—sure there isn't room in it for your own childer. North, South and over the Sea Just before the draft was warned, my batman led him down to Mooney's shebeen and treated him to the run of his throat—at my expense. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, April 16, 1919 Just how he was to go about this he did not know, but he felt sure that Mother McKay, who kept the shebeen, would be able to give him some valuable advice on the subject. The Harbor Master In five minutes I had made the room stink like a shebeen. Prester John The gabble and laugh were again heard loud and hearty, and the public and shebeen houses once more became crowded. The Hedge School; The Midnight Mass; The Donagh Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three The frost was on the fodder an' the wind was growin' keen, When Billy got to seein' snakes in Sullivan's shebeen. Rhymes of a Rolling Stone A passing countryman, to whom Donogan addressed a few words in Irish, told them that a short distance from Croghan they could stable the pony at a small 'shebeen.' Lord Kilgobbin I have managed it, Captain; we have got hold of the best quarters in the village; it is a room over the only shebeen here. With Moore at Corunna Except during the summer months, when the crews of the ships, taking in cargo alongside the booms, sing, fight and dance in the adjacent "shebeens," the year glides on peacefully. Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present Friends met before dinner in their own, in their neighbors', in shebeen or in public houses, where they drank, sang, or fought, according to their natural dispositions, or the quantity of liquor they had taken. The Hedge School; The Midnight Mass; The Donagh Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three Against the horizon they could distinctly distinguish the outlines of a cabin, the "shebeen" Barney alluded to. The Iron Game A Tale of the War "I know a place up here where we can stop for the night," said she, "and there's a little shebeen round the bend of the road where we can get anything we want." The Crock of Gold |
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