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Honky-tonk
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Honky-tonk
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1. US and Canadian slang
a.
a cheap disreputable nightclub, bar, etc
b.
(as modifier)
a honky-tonk district
2.
a style of ragtime piano-playing, esp on a tinny-sounding piano
3.
a type of country music, usually performed by a small band with electric and steel guitars
4.
(as modifier)
honky-tonk music
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Honky-tonk
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1. Slang, Obsolete
a cheap, disreputable, noisy cabaret or nightclub
2. Slang
a bar, esp. one where country music is played
adjective
3.
ricky-tick; specif., designating such music played on a piano adjusted to give a tinkling sound
verb intransitive
4. Slang
to make the rounds of honky-tonks
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Honky-tonk
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A cheap, noisy bar or dance hall.
adj.
1. Of or relating to such a bar or dance hall; tawdry: a honky-tonk district; honky-tonk entertainers.
2. Of, relating to, or being a type of ragtime characteristically played on a tinny-sounding piano or in a honky-tonk.
intr.v. hon·ky-tonked, hon·ky-tonk·ing, hon·ky-tonks
To visit cheap, noisy bars or dance halls.
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