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speak·eas·y (sp

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n. pl. speak·eas·ies

A place for the illegal sale and consumption of alcoholic drinks, as during Prohibition in the United States.

speakeasy [ˈspiːkˌiːzɪ]

n pl -easies

(Miscellaneous Technologies / Brewing) US a place where alcoholic drink was sold illicitly during Prohibition

[from speak + easy (in the sense: gently, quietly)]

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Noun

speakeasy - (during prohibition) an illegal barroom

bar, barroom, ginmill, saloon, taproom - a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter; "he drowned his sorrows in whiskey at the bar"

Translations

speakeasy [ˈspiːkˌiːzɪ] N (US) → taberna f clandestina

speakeasy [ˈspiːkiːzi] n → speakeasy m

speakeasy

n (US) → Mondscheinkneipe f (inf, Lokal, in dem während der Prohibition Alkohol ausgeschenkt wurde)

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