What is "speakeasies"

Usage examples of "speakeasies".

She also derided his warnings when she talked about the popular speakeasies that bootleg liquor was causing blindness and death.

The Buck, the bars, and the speakeasies were filled with arguments about how the future would be managed.

It was a favorite sport going to speakeasies and hidden bars, and at private parties, the bootleg liquor flowed like water.

It is generally pretty quiet on Broadway along about four bells in the morning, because at such an hour the citizens are mostly in speakeasies, and nightclubs, and on this morning I am talking about it is very quiet, indeed, except for a guy by the name of Marvin Clay hollering at a young doll because she will not get into a taxicab with him to go to his apartment.