Meaning of Speakeasy | Babel Free
Definitions
An illegal saloon or tavern, especially one operated during the American Prohibition period in the 1920s.
Equivalents
Examples
“Many of the legitimate nightclubs of today sprang like⟳ legalized phoenixes from the still-hot ashes of the speakeasies of prohibition days.”
“Retuning^([sic]) 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.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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