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roadhouse

[ rohd-hous ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural road·hous·es [rohd, -hou-ziz].

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

roadhouse

/ ˈrəʊdˌhaʊs /

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

First recorded in 1855–60; road + house

It’s got a roadhouse where you can get a steak and whiskey, it’s got a pizza parlor, a taco stand, plenty of churches, and it’s real sleepy.

From Vox

Female applicants at the Texas Roadhouse in Columbus, Ohio had to meet some very high standards.

The first real guitar I had, Mr. Cham Fields, who owned a roadhouse, gambling house, and W. C. Handy gave it to me.

“We have a Texas Roadhouse that has a lot of it,” Sullivan noted.

Imagine them all clustered in a roadhouse, having a beer around sunset, shaking their heads over the lost opportunity.

It was a roadhouse of some repute in 1820, and a famous meeting place for celebrities in the sporting world.

It too became a tavern, a pleasure resort, a "mead garden," a roadhouse—whatever you choose to call it.

No, he's going to start a roadhouse out on the almshouse drive in a few months; swell place, you know.

Watering his horse at a roadhouse, a little later on, he interested some loungers on the veranda.

I've found a new roadhouse in the country that's respectable enough to suit anybody.

April 18, 2024petrichor

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