GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   honky-tonk n.
   1. a cheap drinking and dancing establishment; a cheap and tawdry nightclub.
   
   Syn. -- barrelhouse.
   
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   2. A district in which honky-tonks1 are found.
   
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   honky-tonk a. Pertaining to or resembling a honky-tonk.
   
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   2. (Music) Pertaining to a style of ragtime piano music having a melody embellished with chords and syncopated rhythms, accompanied by a bass in strict two-four or four-four time.  It is often played on an upright piano having its strings muffled to produce a tinny sound; as, “a honky-tonk piano”. RHUD
   
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