1955 7 Feb. [The bartender] went to the cops and reported that the husband was running a pick-up joint.
1985 18 Feb. 65 Singles bars, rejecting their image as ‘meat racks’ or ‘pickup joints’, mostly insist that they are not singles bars after all.
2000 7 July 148/3 Friday's is the Sunshine Coast's hottest night spot and one of the area's best pick-up joints.