barrelhouse
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.
a vigorous style of jazz originating in the barrelhouses of New Orleans in the early part of the 20th century.
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How to use barrelhouse in a sentence
She snagged a piano and pounded out barrelhouse runs in quirky time as I carried the main thread of the movement on a cello.
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British Dictionary definitions for barrelhouse
/ (ˈbærəlˌhaʊs) /
US a cheap and disreputable drinking establishment
a vigorous and unpolished style of jazz for piano, originating in the barrelhouses of New Orleans
(as modifier): barrelhouse blues
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