hon|ky-tonk

hon|ky-tonk
hon|ky-tonk «HONG kee TONGK, HNG kee TNGK», noun, adjective. U.S. Slang.
–n.
1. a cheap, low-class night club or dance hall.
2. a drinking saloon; gin mill.
–adj.
having to do with or characteristic of the music or entertainment in a cheap night club or dance hall: »

a honky-tonk jazz tempo, honky-tonk dancers.

[American English; perhaps imitative of the typical music or noise in such a place]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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