as in tavern
a place of business where alcoholic beverages are sold to be consumed on the premises a barroom long popular with working folks looking for a place to unwind at the end of the day

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Recent Examples of barroom World & Nation Profile : Le Pen: Dark Side of the French Soul : Crude, powerful and dangerous, the onetime barroom brawler with the mesmerizing oratory has built a career on hatred. Thomas Adamson, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025 Jessica Nicholson: This song blends a weekend barroom party groove, with lyrics steeped in laidback, workweek escapism, all rolled into one. Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 27 Nov. 2024 Consider it a chance to engage in barroom golf discussion. Brody Miller, The Athletic, 21 Nov. 2024 And so this is a club who, in the language of the barroom, are bouncing off the walls, p****d out of their skulls but somehow still clutching their packet of pork scratchings. George Caulkin, The Athletic, 14 Aug. 2024 See All Example Sentences for barroom
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Noun
  • Visitors will find a 20-acre nature preserve, along with shops and restaurants, including The Citizen, a coastal tavern.
    Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2025
  • After starting the tavern, his father added carryout business and in 1960 moved the store to a large building in Old Town at 756 W. North Ave.
    Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 6 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Sara met Garrett in March 2019 on St. Patrick’s Day at a Fort Worth pub.
    Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Mar. 2025
  • End your day by eating at The Brickhouse Run, a delightful British-American hybrid pub or revel in a relaxing meal with excellent service at Shirley’s Restaurant and Bar located inside Hotel Petersburg.
    Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 6 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The whole place is giving Old West saloon, which is only fitting in a national park-bordering town known for campy, retro-chic neon signage, and diners.
    Maya Kachroo-Levine, Travel + Leisure, 5 Mar. 2025
  • The style of the ’60s S-Type sports saloon—bold and feline when introduced—just looked frumpy on the new model of the same name that was launched in 1999 and intended to take on BMW’s world-beating 5-Series.
    Ben Oliver, Robb Report, 1 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The cafe was cited by county health officials for moldy foods and improper food safety procedures.
    Camila Pedrosa, Sacramento Bee, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Jurors heard testimony about how the mob ran its underground gambling rooms out of nondescript spots, like an office building, a cafe and gelato shop.
    John Annese, New York Daily News, 5 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The city put a emphasis on security at this year’s parade after a swell in underaged drinking, violence and arrests last year, including starting the parade earlier, beefing up police and EMS presence and shutting down bars earlier.
    Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 17 Mar. 2025
  • Actors Nicole Brydon Bloom and Justin Theroux first met in 2022, when their mutual friend, actor Louisa Jacobson, introduced them at a private party at the Lower Manhattan bar The Nines.
    Alexandra Macon, Vogue, 17 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Fair enough: pop culture gets very excited when the children of celebrities step into their parents’ shoes–but there will always be an unknown, sipping in the corner of a nightclub, destined for their own shot at fame.
    Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Valentino’s show took place in a bathroom — specifically, the replicated stalls, sinks and tiles typical of a nightclub, as designer Alessandro Michele sought to blur the lines between public and private.
    Alice Pfeiffer, CNN, 12 Mar. 2025

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