roadhouse
Americannoun
plural
roadhousesnoun
Etymology
Origin of roadhouse
Example Sentences
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The songs Stewart wrote carried the flavor of the roadhouse scene; Mr. McDonough likens one of his records to “a beer-stained telegraph from a honky-tonk foxhole.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
Some at the roadhouse rally wore cowboy hats.
From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026
On 14 December 1941, Almonds and another SAS soldier, Jock Lewes, who would be killed on a later mission, attacked an Italian roadhouse and a fort at Mersa Brega in Libya.
From BBC • Jan. 25, 2025
As for its future — beyond the recent tragedy — Collins hopes the roadhouse might someday host a memorial, a chance to bring the community together for healing, “to say we’re still strong.”
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 27, 2023
So my first impression, that he was a person of some undefined consequence, had gradually faded and he had become simply the proprietor of an elaborate roadhouse next door.
From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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