cocktail lounge
Americannoun
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a public room, as in a hotel or airline terminal, where cocktails and other drinks are served.
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a bar.
noun
Etymology
Origin of cocktail lounge
First recorded in 1935–40
Example Sentences
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On one recent Thursday night, dating app startup Known hosted a dating event at a swanky San Francisco cocktail lounge for people who completed their matchmaking call on the app.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 28, 2026
Mark’s younger brother, Dan, became the cocktail lounge pianist Dan Ruskin, who for years manned the piano at Washington’s Mayflower Hotel.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 30, 2023
The planes had individual seats facing dining tables, a cocktail lounge, and lots of brass and fake gold fixtures.
From Salon ● Mar. 18, 2023
A pair of chandeliers hangs from the ceilings of the Fremont bar, but it’s a bit gritty for a cocktail lounge.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 15, 2023
A bunch of lights publicized the New Motel, which proved to be, as the travelers neared it, an impressive compound consisting of bungalows, a garage, a restaurant, and a cocktail lounge.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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