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Honkytonk

A bar or nightclub that caters to Southern patrons and provides country music for entertainment.

📖 Definitions of "Honkytonk"

noun
  1. 1

    A bar or nightclub that caters to Southern patrons and provides country music for entertainment.

  2. 2

    Any cheap nightclub.

    "Gimme, gimme, gimme the honky-tonk blues. The Rolling Stones, "Honky-tonk Woman"."

  3. 3

    The type of music typically played in such a club

  4. 4

    A style of country music emphasizing traditional country instruments (e.g., guitar, steel guitar and fiddle); a rough, nasal vocal style; and tragic themes such as heartbreak, infidelity and alcoholism often associated with patrons of honky-tonks.

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