speakeasy
a saloon or nightclub selling alcoholic beverages illegally, especially during Prohibition.
Origin of speakeasy
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How to use speakeasy in a sentence
After falling out of style, they're back and ready to compete with speakeasies from New Orleans to NYC.
But like American speakeasies during prohibition in the USA, these places are oases in a desert of official prudery.
In the 1920s, Homer and Langley are regulars at various speakeasies.
Maybe the machine covered only the area around the various banks, speakeasies, bars and horse parlors.
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British Dictionary definitions for speakeasy
/ (ˈspiːkˌiːzɪ) /
US a place where alcoholic drink was sold illicitly during Prohibition
Origin of speakeasy
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