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noun, plural bar·rel·hous·es 
[-hou-ziz] for 1.
[-hou-ziz] for 1. 1.
a cheap saloon, especially one in New Orleans in the early part of the 20th century: so called from the racks of liquor barrels originally placed along the walls.
2.
a vigorous style of jazz originating in the barrelhouses of New Orleans in the early part of the 20th century.
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barrelhouse
1880s, "cheal saloon, often with an associated brothel," 1880s, Amer.Eng., so called in reference to the barrels of beer or booze typically stacked along the wall.
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