Once upon a time my grandfather was telling me about speakeasys. (I learned a lot from my grandfather.) But he said that at that time they were called _______. Dang if I can remember the word.
Anyone know?
http://thesaurus.reference.com/search?q=speakeasy
Does anything here ring a bell?
Blind pig,blind tiger and gin mill come immediately to mind.
Watering hole also, but not too common.
Roger Rabbit used a few names, including “hooch [or ‘hush’, I foget] parlor”.
My grandfather’s favorite synonym for this was “gin joint”