Eighteenth Amendment

Eighteenth Amendment

noun
an amendment to the U.S. constitution, ratified in 1918, prohibiting the manufacture, sale, or transportation of alcoholic beverages for consumption: repealed in 1933.
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eighteenth amendment

noun
an amendment to the Constitution of the United States adopted in 1920; prohibited the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages; repealed in 1932 
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