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Speakeasy
is always a great word to know.
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| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
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Word Origin & History
speakeasy
"unlicensed saloon," 1889 (in New York "Voice"), from speak + easy, from the practice of speaking quietly about such a place in public, or when inside it, so as not to alert the police and neighbors. The word gained wide currency in U.S. during Prohibition (1920-1932). In early 19c. Ir. and British dialect,
EXPANDa speak softly shop meant "smuggler's den."
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Computing Dictionary
Speakeasy definition
Simple array-oriented language with numerical integration and differentiation, graphical output, aimed at statistical analysis.
["Speakeasy", S. Cohen, SIGPLAN Notices 9(4), (Apr 1974)].
["Speakeasy-3 Reference Manual", S. Cohen et al. 1976].
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