speakeasies
Prohibition-era watering holes
Speakeasies is the plural of speakeasy, an establishment that illegally sold alcohol during Prohibition in the United States (1920–1933).
The name suggests patrons should speak quietly about such places to avoid detection.
The term now evokes the era's clandestine nightlife: The bar was decorated to look like a 1920s speakeasy.
Below ground or countercultural
- hiddenKept out of sight
- secretConcealed information
- illicitProhibited by law
- unlicensedWithout official permit
covert · discreet · backdoor · concealed · unmarked · inconspicuous · disguised · private clubs
Illegally produced goods
- moonshineIllegally distilled spirits
- whiskeyOak-aged grain spirit
- ginCotton-cleaning machine
- rumMolasses-based liquor
bartender · flask · spirits · mixology · bathtub gin · scotch · bourbon · rye
Illicit liquor traffickers
- Eighteenth AmendmentConstitutional alcohol ban
- temperanceHabitual moderation in behavior
- dry lawsLaws banning alcohol sales
- raidsSudden armed attacks
rumrunners · teetotalers · illegal · smuggle · repeal · WCTU · Capone · federal agents
1920s modern young women
- CharlestonSouthern Atlantic port city
- decadenceMoral decline through excess
- Harlem RenaissanceBlack arts explosion, 1920s
- glamourFascinating, elegant attractiveness
Gatsby · Zelda Fitzgerald · jazz age · bob haircuts · cigarette holders · pearls · feather boas · dancing
underground
Below ground or countercultural
unlicensed · covert · discreet · backdoor · concealed · unmarked · inconspicuous · disguised · private clubs · trapdoors
bootleg
Illegally produced goods
rum · bartender · flask · spirits · mixology · bathtub gin · scotch · bourbon · rye · highball
bootleggers
Illicit liquor traffickers
- Eighteenth AmendmentConstitutional alcohol ban
- temperanceHabitual moderation in behavior
- dry lawsLaws banning alcohol sales
raids · rumrunners · teetotalers · illegal · smuggle · repeal · WCTU · Capone · federal agents · padlock
flappers
1920s modern young women
- CharlestonSouthern Atlantic port city
- decadenceMoral decline through excess
- Harlem RenaissanceBlack arts explosion, 1920s
Gatsby · Zelda Fitzgerald · glamour · jazz age · bob haircuts · cigarette holders · pearls · feather boas · dancing · nightlife
swing
Suspended recreational seat
- bebopFast, complex jazz style
- saxophoneReed instrument, brass body
- trumpetValved brass wind instrument
piano · double bass · scat · Ellington · Armstrong · Fitzgerald · blues · ragtime · Harlem · syncopation
- drink historybootleggers, moonshine, temperance movement, 18th Amendment, 21st Amendment
- Prohibition EraProhibition, bootleggers, bootlegging, bootlegger, bootleg whiskey
- 1920s AmericaCharles Lindbergh, Jazz Age, Spirit of St. Louis, flappers, transatlantic flight
- Chicagothe Loop, Chicago, Chicago River, Lake Michigan, Wrigley Field
- nightlifebars, clubbing, clubs, nightclubs, bar crawl
- ProhibitionProhibition, bootlegger, bootleggers, 18th Amendment, prohibition era
speak, speaker, spoken, spoke, speaks, speakers, unspeakable, speakeasy, unspeakably