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saloon
[ suh-loon ]
noun
- a place for the sale and consumption of alcoholic drinks.
- a room or place for general use for a specific purpose:
a dining saloon on a ship.
- a large cabin for the common use of passengers on a passenger vessel.
- British.
- (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.
- a drawing room or reception room.
saloon
/ səˈluːn /
noun
- See loungeAlso calledsaloon bar another word for lounge
- a large public room on a passenger ship
- any large public room used for a specific purpose
a dancing saloon
- a place where alcoholic drink is sold and consumed
- a closed two-door or four-door car with four to six seats US, Canadian, and NZ namesedan
- See salonan obsolete word for salon
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
Yes, he did manage to veto a tripling of saloon license fees.
Sold primarily at saloons and all-night lunch carts that catered to factory shift workers, the dish, at least in the imagination of polite society, seemed to have “something of the night” about it.
After the story ran, a reader named Thomas Pieragostini emailed me a link to a series of ads that appeared in the Shiner Gazette in Texas in the spring of 1894 that advertised “hamburger steak sandwiches” being served at a local saloon.
She loved wild women, hosted saloons for 60 years and founded a women’s academy.
The adobe-walled Starlight Theatre restaurant and saloon in the nearby ghost town of Terlingua fits the bill, too.
The Horse You Came in On Saloon, Baltimore Horse-themed bars must be bad luck for famous authors.
Along this sky-high route, nearly every 19th-century saloon or historic hotel has a ghost story to tell.
The former Secretary of Culture, David Mellor, used to say that they were drinking in “the last chance saloon.”
Look, this is a late-night saloon and occasionally it's necessary to assert myself when things get a little out of hand.
When that happened, it was like Frank Sinatra telling a saloon singer he was good.
There was a moment's pause, and Doa Inez returned into the saloon, which was now beginning rapidly to fill.
The cheerful sound of music came from the deck of a big saloon steamer, bearing its crowd of noisy tourists.
In ordinary times fares ranged from ₱50 saloon accommodation to ₱8 a deck passage.
He apologized for interrupting their tête-à-tête, but said he had no choice, as the saloon was completely full.
Longcluse had made up his mind promptly on the night of the billiard-match played in the Saloon Tavern.
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