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smokeasy

smokeasy noun: an establishment where patrons are permitted to smoke despite a general ban.

Noun

smokeasy (plural smokeasies)

  1. An establishment where patrons are permitted to smoke despite a general ban.
    • My passport was an engraved invitation on expensive parchment paper. Inside a border of fanciful Morrocan ormentation was inscribed in elaborate script the name of the smokeasy: “Au Contraire.”1979, Albert Harry Goldman, Grass Roots: Marijuana in America Today, Harper & Row, →ISBN, page 14

Forms of smokeasy

pluralsmokeasies
alternative formsmoke-easy
alternative formsmokeeasy

Origin of smokeasy

Blend of smoke + speakeasy.

Questions about smokeasy

What does smokeasy mean?
Smokeasy means an establishment where patrons are permitted to smoke despite a general ban.
What part of speech is smokeasy?
Smokeasy is a noun.
What is the plural of smokeasy?
The plural of smokeasy is smokeasies.

Words near smokeasy in the dictionary

  1. smoke-washer
  2. smoke-washers
  3. smokeability
  4. smokeable
  5. smokeasies
  6. smokeasy
  7. smokeball
  8. smokeballs
  9. smokeblower
  10. smokeblowers
  11. smokebox

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