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speakeasy

['spiːkˌiːzi] n
gen. billige Kneipe
law eine billige Kneipe; eine "Flüsterkneipe" mit illegalem Alkoholausschank
speakeasies n
gen. billige Kneipen
 English thesaurus
speakeasy ['spiːkˌiːzi] n
hist., USA an illegal saloon or tavern, especially one operated during the American Prohibition period in the 1920s (Usage notes: Connotations of a classy establishment—some required coat and tie—compared with a more downmarket "blind pig" or 'blind tiger. Example • Retuning to Gotham, he came to intimately know Manhattan's speakeasy scene. “At a speakeasy,” Hirschfeld acknowledged, “you had to be known to get in...each place had its own clientele.” Membership cards, really fake IDs, were common. wiktionary.org)

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