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speakeasy

[speek-ee-zee] / ˈspikˌi zi /






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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

Janes House was bought by a developer and moved to the back of its lot where it was restored; it is now the speakeasy No Vacancy.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2026

Responding to the fall-off in customers at the speakeasy, my grandfather had diversified.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides




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