roadhouse
Americannoun
plural
roadhousesnoun
Etymology
Origin of roadhouse
Example Sentences
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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.
From Los Angeles Times
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.
From Los Angeles Times
But he found consistent money playing music with his band throughout the red dirt roadhouse circuit in Oklahoma and Texas.
From Seattle Times
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.
From New York Times
A desert roadhouse with a world-class license plate collection.
From Los Angeles Times
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