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Speakeasy

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

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

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Word	Definition
saloonnoun	(British) A car with a boot or trunk compartment separate from the driver/passenger space; a sedan.
smokeasynoun	An establishment where patrons are permitted to smoke despite a general ban.
spirit housenoun	(Southeast Asia) A small house- or temple-like structure mounted on a pillar at which offerings are made to a local deity or protective spirit.
pot-housenoun	A pub; a tavern.
panel housenoun	(obsolete) A brothel whose rooms have secret entrances to facilitate theft by accomplices of the inmates.
saloonkeepingnoun	(US) The management of a saloon (drinking establishment).
sample roomnoun	A room for exhibiting samples of goods for sale.
bawdy-housenoun	(now chiefly historical, formal) A brothel; a house of prostitution.
taphousenoun	A tavern.
spookhousenoun	(slang) A haunted house.
alehousenoun	A business, such as an inn or tavern, where ale is sold.
house of ill reputenoun	(euphemistic) A brothel.
drinkerynoun	(informal) A place where alcoholic drinks are served; a public house.
changenoun	(countable, uncountable) The process of becoming different.
parlornoun	A shop or other business selling goods or services specified by context.
last chance saloonnoun	(chiefly British, figuratively) A place that one is said to inhabit when facing an imminent disaster with diminishing or limited remaining opportunities to avoid it; a last chance to take action.
open barnoun	A bar at which drinks are served without charge, usually at a social event.
tavernnoun	A restaurant or bar.
liquor storenoun	(US, Canada) A shop that sells liquor, usually principally hard liquor, to be consumed off the premises.
pot shopnoun	A shop that sells cannabis.