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How to pronounce speakeasy in English?

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Type Words
Type of bar, barroom, ginmill, saloon, taproom

Examples of speakeasy

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A narrow staircase off the solarium leads down to the basement and a speakeasy.
From the latimes.com
Nice big bar area, low ceilings, feels a little bit like an old time speakeasy.
From the gothamgal.com
Another has already been staged at Wilton's Music Hall, with a speakeasy setting.
From the independent.co.uk
They visit the Martillo family speakeasy and are unaware Ennis is following them.
From the en.wikipedia.org
In the days of the speakeasy, the proprietors had to make all their own booze.
From the delawareonline.com
Do you need to throw money away on illegal sports betting at the corner speakeasy?
From the techcrunch.com
First, modern-day speakeasy style, you have to go online to get the password.
From the thisislondon.co.uk
During US Prohibition, nightclubs went underground as illegal speakeasy bars.
From the en.wikipedia.org
It's a woodsy speakeasy-type spot that looks like a dungeon from the outside.
From the eastvillage.thelocal.nytimes.com
More examples
  • (during prohibition) an illegal barroom
  • A speakeasy, also called a blind pig or blind tiger, is an establishment that illegally sells alcoholic beverages. Such establishments came into prominence in the United States during the period known as Prohibition (1920-1933, longer in some states). ...
  • SpeakEasy was a United States military project to use software defined radio technology to make it possible to communicate with over 10 different types of military radios from a single system.
  • Speakeasy was a 1929 sports film drama directed by Benjamin Stoloff adapted by Frederick Hazlitt Brennan and Edwin J. Burke. Lola Lane and Paul Page played the lead roles and the film also starred John Wayne who had a minor role in the film at age 22.
  • Speakeasy is a 2002 film about two men who become unlikely friends after a minor traffic accident. Written and directed by Brendan Murphy, Speakeasy was a runner-up to become the first movie produced for Project Greenlight, a documentary series about the making of an independent film. ...
  • Speakeasy is the third full length album by Christian rock band Stavesacre. It was the band's final studio album to be released on Tooth & Nail Records.
  • Speakeasy is a numerical computing interactive environment also featuring an interpreted programming language. It was initially developed for internal use at the Physics Division of Argonne National Laboratory by the theoretical physicist Stanley Cohen. ...
  • Speakeasy, Inc. is a broadband internet service provider and Voice over IP carrier based in Seattle, Washington. ...
  • (Speakeasies) Underground bars where alcoholic drinks were illegally sold during Prohibition. Their name comes from instructions to customers to "be quiet and speak easy" from bartenders serving liquor without a license to do so.