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Definition of 'shabeen'

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • * {{quote-news|year=2009|date=March 8|author=|title=Letter: The People of Cape Town|work=New York Times citation
  • |passage=The shabeens on a Sunday afternoon were filled with families including young children running around, D.J.’s spinning amazing music and down-home people willing to discuss, in English, anything from Obama to Beyoncé. }}