honky-tonk
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9.4
- noun
- /ˈhɔŋkiˌtɔŋk/
- US
- The honky-tonk was filled with laughter and music as people enjoyed their drinks.
- honky-tonk joints
- honky-tonk piano
- honky-tonk bar
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Examples
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Of course, like any good honky-tonk night, the beers will be flowing and the dancers will be out on the floor.
Blog text (10) -
On the social front, a great time was had by those who experienced Billy Bob's, the world's largest honky tonk.
Academic text (1994) -
- The biggest honky-tonk in the world.
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- You still working at that honky-tonk?
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I was singin' in any honky-tonk bar that would let me through the door.
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I spend all my money in bars and cheap honky tonks around town.
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An expedition of salesmen had gathered to go to Chasers, one of the most famous honky-tonks in Dallas.
Fiction book (1997) -
Why don't you go on the road with us, Beau, get the hell out of these honky tonks, step up to the big leagues?
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Her latest CD, Authentic, is intimate and uncompromising, navigating from tender ballads to raucous honky-tonk.
Blog text (16) -
We danced the night away at the lively honky-tonk down the street.
Synonyms
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5.8
A place where people drink alcohol and talk
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9.8
A cheap bar or dance hall where people dance to country music
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9.9
An old cheap bar or club with loud lively music and dancing
A small lively place in the southern United States where people eat, drink, and dance to music
A small informal place where people eat, drink, and dance to jukebox music
A small cheap bar where rough blues or jazz is played
A cheap run-down bar where people drink and smoke
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Morphology
Etymology
The word honky-tonk comes from two parts, honky and tonk, and one popular story says tonk copies the 'tonk' sound of a cheap piano while honky named the white customers who went there, so it became a name for rough, cheap bars with music and dancing. That's why a honky-tonk means a lively, sometimes rough bar or dance hall, often with country music.