honky-tonkadjective [ before noun ]
uk/ˈhɒŋ.ki.tɒŋk/us/ˈhɑːŋ.ki.tɑːŋk/connected with an informal type of jazz piano playing:
a honky-tonk piano
honky-tonk music
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Jazz & blues
- acid jazz
- bebop
- blues
- bop
- dixieland
- funk
- funky
- jazz
- jazzy
- modern jazz
- R & B
- rhythm and blues
- scat
- skiffle
- stride piano
- swing
- trad
- twelve-bar blues
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honky-tonknoun [ C ]
uk/ˈhɒŋ.ki.tɒŋk/us/ˈhɑːŋ.ki.tɑːŋk/USa noisy, cheap bar with loud jazz or country (= traditional) music
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Public entertainment venues
- auditorium
- bandstand
- bar
- boozer
- brewpub
- drive-in
- fleshpot
- flick
- free house
- gastropub
- hostelry
- nineteenth
- palace
- pavilion
- picture
- playhouse
- pub
- public bar
- public house
- saloon
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