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English

Noun

An illegal saloon operated during the Prohibition period in the 1920s.

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English speakeasy \speak"eas`y\, (sp[=e]k"[=e]`z[-e]) n.
An establishment where alcoholic beverages were sold and
drunk illegally, especially one operating during the
prohibition era in the U.S. (1920-1932); a tavern or
nightclub illegally selling alcoholic beverages.
[PJC]

WordNet speakeasy
n : (during prohibition) an illegal barroom

Moby Dictionary
alehouse , bar , barrel house , barroom , beer garden , beer parlor ,
bistro , blind tiger , cabaret , cafe , cocktail lounge , dive ,
dramshop , drinking saloon , gin mill , groggery , grogshop ,
honky-tonk , local , nightclub , pothouse , pub , public , public house ,
rathskeller , rumshop , saloon , saloon bar , taproom , tavern ,
wine shop

FOLDOC Speakeasy

Simple array-oriented language with numerical integration and
differentiation, graphical output, aimed at statistical
analysis.

["Speakeasy", S. Cohen, SIGPLAN Notices 9(4), (Apr 1974)].

["Speakeasy-3 Reference Manual", S. Cohen et al. 1976].