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noun
1.
a cheap, noisy, and garish nightclub or dance hall.
adjective
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characterized by or having a large number of honky-tonks: the honky-tonk part of town.
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Music. noting a style of ragtime piano-playing characterized by a strict two-four or four-four bass, either contrapuntal or chordal, and a melody embellished with chords and syncopated rhythms, typically performed on a piano whose strings have been muffled and given a tinny sound.
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Honkytonk
is always a great word to know.
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verb (used without object)
5.
to visit or frequent honky-tonks.
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Word Origin & History
honky-tonk
"cheap night club," 1924, earlier honk-a-tonk (1894), of unknown origin. As a type of music played in that sort of low saloon, it is attested from 1933.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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