dive bar
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of dive bar
First recorded in 1940–45
Example Sentences
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Early on a Tuesday evening, I arrived at a local dive bar for a show by Dream Syndicate.
From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2026
Or go the complete opposite direction and play pool in a great dive bar with new friends.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Most of Workman’s tales are fact-based and reenacted with puppets, although she also stumbles off-site to her local dive bar or her apartment for occasional “Interview with a Demon” segments.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026
Built into the undulating terrain are brick homes, shingled cottages and a longstanding dive bar.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
“You know the Allens over on Porter Street, by that dive bar called Drinkers?”
From "Boy21" by Matthew Quick
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