Associations to the word «Speakeasy»

Wiktionary

SPEAKEASY, noun. An illegal saloon or tavern operated during the American Prohibition period in the 1920s.

Dictionary definition

SPEAKEASY, noun. (during prohibition) an illegal barroom.

Wise words

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