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Noun: speakeasy  'speek,ee-zee
Usage: N. Amer
  1. An illicit establishment selling alcoholic beverages during Prohibition in the United States
    "The password-protected speakeasy served bootleg liquor during the 1920s"

Derived forms: speakeasies

Type of: bar, barroom [N. Amer], cantina, ginmill [N. Amer, informal], lounge bar [Brit], saloon, saloon bar [Brit], taproom

Encyclopedia: Speakeasy