Because the activity of distilling illegal whiskey was usually done at night under the light of the moon, the word became both a verb, meaning making the liquor, and a noun, meaning the liquor that was...
A speakeasy was an illegal unlicensed establishment that was used for the illegal selling and drinking alcoholic beverages during the period of United States history known as Prohibition, when selling or...
Prohibition was any of several periods during which the manufacture, transportation, import, export, and sale of alcoholic beverages were restricted or illegal. In the United States, Prohibition was...