speakeasy
a saloon or nightclub selling alcoholic beverages illegally, especially during Prohibition.
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How to use speakeasy in a sentence
It all makes for a very cool bar, sure, but as a speakeasy, it feels a little muddled.
They were paid $50 to play a tiny Los Angeles speakeasy called The Lava Lounge—now The Woods.
Cold War Kids on Faith, Hipster Detractors & Their Musical Evolution | Marlow Stern | April 17, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTYou couldn't see him for dust as he broke for the nearest 'speakeasy,' and the two panhandlers were hanging on to his coat tails.
Side Show Studies | Francis MetcalfeYou can take the first shot with old 'speakeasy' an' then I'll try her.
The Southerner | Thomas DixonHe's been in the "cigar store" bookie racket ever since repeal had closed a speakeasy he'd had on Grand Avenue.
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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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