speakeasy

noun

Etymology

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

Definitions

  1. An illegal saloon or tavern, especially one operated during the American Prohibition…

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

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

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