saloon
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noun
1.
a place for the sale and consumption of alcoholic drinks.
2.
a room or place for general use for a specific purpose: a dining saloon on a ship.
3.
a large cabin for the common use of passengers on a passenger vessel.
4.
British.
a.
(in a tavern or pub) a section of a bar or barroom separated from the public bar and often having more comfortable furnishings and a quieter atmosphere.
b.
5.
a drawing room or reception room.
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World English Dictionary
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| —n | |
| 1. | (Brit) another word for lounge Also called: saloon bar |
| 2. | a large public room on a passenger ship |
| 3. | any large public room used for a specific purpose: a dancing saloon |
| 4. | chiefly (US), (Canadian) a place where alcoholic drink is sold and consumed |
| 5. | US, Canadian, and NZ name: sedan a closed two-door or four-door car with four to six seats |
| 6. | an obsolete word for salon |
| [C18: from French | |
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Word Origin & History
saloon
1728, Anglicized form of salon (q.v.), and originally used interchangeable with it. Meaning large hall in a public place (esp. a passenger boat) is from c.1835, also used of railway cars furnished like drawing rooms. Sense of "public bar" developed by 1841, Amer.Eng.
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Example sentences
Ill suited for ranch life, he sold his property and later invested in a saloon, an endeavor that proved equally unsuccessful.
He liked to rise late and retire early, to eat good things in a leisurely manner and to drink beer in the saloon.
They left a saloon bartender dead and a police officer seriously injured.
The floor of the main saloon and hurricane deck were both torn in the center, fore and aft, and had collapsed.
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