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- noun US a
blind tiger orspeakeasy - noun southern US A
police officer who has been bribed to ignore illegal activities.
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reesetee commented on the word blind pig
A speakeasy.
January 5, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word blind pig
"In mid-1902 about half of the city's Minneapolis's candy stores were fronts for whorehouses; opium dens and unlicensed saloons called blind pigs operated openly along the Mississippi River; and the local gambling kingpin drew a salary as a police detective."
—Charles Leerhsen, Crazy Good: The True Story of Dan Patch (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2008), 237
October 28, 2008
yarb commented on the word blind pig
'He started off across the lot toward a shack at the edge of the village. Zeena watched him go.
"I'll bet that joint is a blind pig," she said to Stan.'
- Nightmare Alley, William Lindsay Gresham
July 1, 2012