Inside Europe | 26.03.2011 | 07:05

Londoners embrace the speakeasy bar culture

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London's classiest cocktail lovers are turning to America's Great Depression for inspiration - but not for the quality of its alcohol.

The prohibition-era may have brought hard times as drinking was forced underground, but Londoners have discovered a glamour to 1920s America. The secretive 'speakeasy' bar culture is back, as Nina-Maria Potts reports.

Londoners embrace the speakeasy bar culture

London's classiest cocktail lovers are turning to America's Great
Depression for inspiration - but not for the quality of its alcohol.

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1 [U]((主に米))酒類の製造販売禁止. ⇒TEMPERANCE 1

2 ((しばしばP-))((米))禁酒法時代（1920-33）.

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[名]((主に米))（酒類製造販売）禁止論者；((P-))禁酒党党員.
speakeasy
(spēk'ē'zē)
n., pl., -ies.
A place for the illegal sale and consumption of alcoholic drinks, as during Prohibition in the United States.