"blind tiger" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-blind tiger.ogg [Australia] Forms: blind tigers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} blind tiger (plural blind tigers)
  1. (slang) A speakeasy. Tags: slang Synonyms: blind pig, speakeasy
    Sense id: en-blind_tiger-en-noun--CXWF9ZN
  2. (slang) A drug joint where illegal sale of intoxicant drugs takes place. Tags: slang Translations (drug joint): drugtent (Dutch), ខ្លាខ្វាក់ (klaa kvak) (Khmer)
    Sense id: en-blind_tiger-en-noun-xj8VdIGe Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 44 28 Disambiguation of 'drug joint': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Audio: En-au-blind tiger.ogg [Australia] Forms: blind tigers [plural]
Etymology: Calque of Japanese 盲虎 (mōko). Etymology templates: {{calque|en|ja|盲虎|tr=mōko}} Calque of Japanese 盲虎 (mōko) Head templates: {{en-noun}} blind tiger (plural blind tigers)
  1. (shogi) A piece that can move one step in any direction except forward, used in chu shogi and larger shogi variants. Categories (topical): Shogi Translations (shogi piece): 盲虎 (mánghǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), 盲虎 (mōko) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-blind_tiger-en-noun-HBuJxrd4 Topics: board-games, games, shogi
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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