Honkytonk (Noun)
Meaning
A cheap disreputable nightclub or dance hall.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The sign outside the run-down building creaked in the wind, beckoning patrons to the honkytonk's tacky bar.
- Late-night patrons of the honkytonk were notorious for getting into drunken fights that spilled onto the street.
- My uncle owned a honkytonk in rural Louisiana that catered to shrimpers and factory workers looking to let loose on Fridays.
- Years after graduating college, Mike was ashamed to admit that his last stable gig had been tending bar at the town's dingy honkytonk.
- Shifty locals gravitated toward Billy Bob's, a downtown honkytonk notorious for hiring anyone and looking the other way as customers spilled outside for extracurricular shenanigans.