honky
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of honky
1945–50, perhaps alteration of hunky 3
Example Sentences
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"I've heard everything is honky dory and they're getting on great," says Tim Abbott, former managing director of Oasis's record label, Creation.
From BBC • Jul. 3, 2025
He helped get Yoakam out of the honky tonks and into L.A. punk clubs such as Madame Wong’s, and the country singer opened for the Knitters and others.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2024
Nashville and its honky tonks on Broadway drew a record crowd of 600,000 people over three days in 2019.
From Washington Times • Apr. 25, 2023
Gilley — cousin of rock ‘n’ roll pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis — opened Gilley’s, “the world’s largest honky tonk,” in Pasadena, Texas, in the early 1970s.
From Seattle Times • May 7, 2022
Yet he also warned of “commercialism” that could mar the area’s beauty and expressed hope that there would be “no honky tonk growth.”
From Washington Post • Dec. 13, 2021
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