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Speakeasy

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Noun
  1. 1
    An illegal saloon or tavern, especially one operated during the American Prohibition period in the 1920s. historical

    "Many of the legitimate nightclubs of today sprang like legalized phoenixes from the still-hot ashes of the speakeasies of prohibition days."

  2. 2
    (during prohibition) an illegal barroom wordnet

Etymology

Deverbal from speak easy (= speak quietly [interj.]); for the history, see Wikipedia at speakeasy ยง Etymology.

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