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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