juke house

juke house

 
noun Southern U.S.
1.
a cheap roadhouse.
2.
a brothel.
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Origin:
1940–45; compare Gullah juke house brothel, Bambara dzugu wicked
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juke house

noun
a small roadside establishment in the southeastern United States where you can eat and drink and dance to music provided by a jukebox [syn: juke] 
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