speakeasy
IPA: spˈikˈizi
noun
- (historical) An illegal saloon or tavern, especially one operated during the American Prohibition period in the 1920s.
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Examples of "speakeasy" in Sentences
- The term speakeasy is far from what I’d call 57 Napoli.
- Upstairs hidden away, above a speakeasy was the John Barlett show.
- We now have "speakeasy" - type establishments all over the country.
- The speakeasy was a substitute for the saloon that would prove to be much more than a saloon.
- Recalling the era, the songwriter Alec Wilder once said, “A pretty girl in a speakeasy was the most beautiful girl in the world.”
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