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speak⋅eas⋅y
[speek-ee-zee] 
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–noun, plural -eas⋅ies.
| a saloon or nightclub selling alcoholic beverages illegally, esp. during Prohibition. |
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| speak·eas·y (spēk'ē'zē) n. pl. speak·eas·ies A place for the illegal sale and consumption of alcoholic drinks, as during Prohibition in the United States. |
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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, a speak softly shop meant "smuggler's den."
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Speakeasy
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].
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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