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honky-tonk

NOUN
  1. a cheap drinking and dancing establishment

How To Use honky-tonk In A Sentence

  • The pianist had grand piano, harmonium, honky-tonk piano and celeste, and the percussionist had a range of tuned and untuned percussion.
  • She wore hip-hugging tight jeans most of the time, and when she went out to sing at what she called another honky-tonk, she usually tied the bottom of her blouse so there was a little midriff showing. Lightning Strikes
  • And the latest entertainment for the regulars is the new honky-tonk / boogie-woogie piano nights with Karl Mullen on ‘as many Fridays as possible’.
  • Nashville's downtown honky-tonks have helped launch the careers of such greats as Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson.
  • As someone who has sometimes wondered about her own capacity to drink herself to death, I was also intrigued by the shots of men and women inside honky-tonks and other bars, sometimes at after-show functions.
  • The songs have a bit of a barroom sound, and there are a few blues numbers, and even one honky-tonk piano song.
  • It manages to stay above the pack thanks to Lovett's laconic drawl and some fine honky-tonk piano.
  • The pianist had grand piano, harmonium, honky-tonk piano and celeste, and the percussionist had a range of tuned and untuned percussion.
  • The music is the best thing about the film, which includes spirituals, work songs, a lullaby, and a great sequence in a saloon with honky-tonk jazz.
  • It is more of a honky-tonk than a restaurant but it is boasting an oyster bar.
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