speakeasies
- plural of speakeasy.
Example Sentences
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With no desire to restore cars and a hankering to entertain, he started researching restaurants, whiskey bars and speakeasies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026
The parallels with early 20th century Prohibition in America – gangsters, feminists, minorities, corruption, doctor’s notes, speakeasies and moonshine – are strikingly similar.
From Salon ● Feb. 2, 2025
Landes swept into the job in 1924, shut down speakeasies and fired the chief of police in her crusade against corruption.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 8, 2023
Rollins cut his teeth in Harlem’s storied Sugar Hill neighborhood, soaking up the action in nearby ballrooms, cabarets, speakeasies and churches, all of which fed his appetite for the sounds and sights of live performance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2022
Club Ebony in New York City was a shining example of the biracially attended speakeasies that came to be known as “black and tans.”
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
