roadhouse

[rohd-hous]

noun

plural

roadhouses 

1. an inn, dance hall, tavern, nightclub, etc., located on a highway, usually beyond city limits.

roadhouse

/ ˈrəʊdˌhaʊs /

noun

1. a pub, restaurant, etc, that is situated at the side of a road, esp a country road

Word History and Origins

Origin of roadhouse¹

First recorded in 1855–60; road + house

Example Sentences

The tumultuous era at the town’s landmark roadhouse and concert venue Pappy and Harriet’s appears to have ended as new management repairs relations with the surrounding community.

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Every so often, we get a performance — at a graduation party, a county fair, a wedding, a roadhouse, a prestigious opening slot, where the crowds react as if they’re extras in a TV show.

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The congressional seat can’t be surrendered to “a political hack,” she told a few score at a roadhouse grill in Amboy, done up with cobwebs and skeletons for Halloween.

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But he found consistent money playing music with his band throughout the red dirt roadhouse circuit in Oklahoma and Texas.

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Lage takes some modal and chromatic detours, and the pianist Kris Davis flings around free-jazz clusters, but the track never loses a rowdy roadhouse spirit.

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Related Words

• chalet 
• cottage 
• country house 
• dormitory 
• dwelling 
• hostel 
• hotel 
• hut 
• inn 
• motel 
• shack 
• shelter 
• tavern