blind tiger


blind tiger

n. Chiefly Southern & Midland US A place where alcoholic beverages are sold illegally; a speakeasy. Also called regionally blind pig.
[After the early custom of exhibiting animal curiosities in speakeasies.]

blind′ ti′ger


n.
Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S. an illegal saloon. [1855–60, Amer.]