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Prohibition era   /prˌoʊəbˈɪʃən ˈɛrə/   Listen
Prohibition era

noun
1.
The period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment.  Synonym: prohibition.





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"Prohibition era" Quotes from Famous Books



... pastor in 1729: "6 Barrels and a half of Cyder, 28 gallons of wine, 2 gallons of Brandy, and 4 of rum, loaf sugar, lime juice and pipes," all, presumably, consumed at the time and on the spot of the ordination. Even the most pessimistic must admit that long before our prohibition era we had traveled ...
— The Old Coast Road - From Boston to Plymouth • Agnes Rothery


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