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speakeasy

[speek-ee-zee] / ˈspikˌi zi /






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“The inside is arranged with the measured confidence of Spanish Colonial design at its most resolved, delightfully adding a secret passageway to a speakeasy behind a combination vault,” it states.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026

Listening to “The Boutique,” I feel like I should be smoking a cigarette and drinking the dirtiest martini known to man in a speakeasy, wearing a drop waist silk dress and bright red lipstick.

From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2026

"What a place this is!" he gushed, of Invercargill, excitement bursting out of him like he was in some rooftop bar in downtown Tokyo or a speakeasy in the East Village in New York.

From BBC ● May 17, 2026

This theatricality has become another earmark of the speakeasy genre.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026

About three or four o’clock one morning, we ran into this white boy, in Creole Bill’s speakeasy.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

With no desire to restore cars and a hankering to entertain, he started researching restaurants, whiskey bars and speakeasies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026

The parallels with early 20th century Prohibition in America – gangsters, feminists, minorities, corruption, doctor’s notes, speakeasies and moonshine – are strikingly similar.

From Salon ● Feb. 2, 2025

A second custom Kookaburra space nods to Prohibition-era speakeasies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2024

Designer Gregg Barnes, winning his third Tony, said in an interview that his inspirations included art deco architecture, the Harlem Renaissance and the fashions of 1930s jazz clubs and speakeasies.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 18, 2023

When it got late, Sophia and I would go to some of the after- hours places and speakeasies.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey




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