[bar-uh
l-hous] 
[-hou-ziz] for 1. | 1. | a cheap saloon, esp. 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. |
| bar·rel·house (bār'əl-hous') n.
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