单词 | honky-tonker |
释义 | honky-tonkern. colloquial (originally U.S.). 1. A person who owns, works in, or frequents a honky-tonk (honky-tonk n. 1). Also: a performer of honky-tonk music (later chiefly in sense honky-tonk n. 2b). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > nightlife > [noun] > person Saturday nighter1880 honky-tonker1910 nightclubber1913 nightlifer1929 nightcrawler1940 discomaniac1966 club-hopper1982 society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > [noun] > jazz musician > types of faker1903 swing man1903 honky-tonker1910 Chicagoan1924 stomper1925 Dixielander1927 modernist1932 swinger1934 ride man1935 all-star1937 swingster1937 hamfat1938 mouldy fig1945 traditionalist1949 trad1951 West Coaster1954 mainstreamer1961 soulster1961 New Thinger1964 1910 Donaldsonville (Louisiana) Chief 24 Dec. The Bucktown and Southport gamblers and the Gretna honky-tonkers are ruthlessly prevented..from adding prize fights to the attractions that draw immigration and business. 1919 Sun (N.Y.) 25 Nov. 9/3 The Morgan dancers' choreographic drama of Attila's invasion of Rome makes even history fascinating to the average honky tonker. 1949 Chicago Tribune 10 Feb. 1/6 Honky tonker fights for her ‘territory’ in a Clark St. dive. 1953 Billboard 27 June 39/3 Moon Mullican headed Jewell House's ‘Texarkana Hayloft Jamboree’.., with a top crowd on hand to see the piano honky-tonker. 1977 B. AuCoin Redneck i. 22 To a redneck honky-tonker, nothing beats a dozen cold beers, a bloody fight and a woman usually in that order. 1981 S. S. McGinity in F. E. Abernethy Legendary Ladies of Texas 208 She chose to share ‘beers, smiles and tears’ with other honky tonkers in crowded back street bars filled with loud, country music, and thick smoke. 2008 New Yorker 19 May 13/1 He's a honky-tonker who knows how to muse about heartache, drinking, and the highway while keeping the crowds dancing. 2. A honky-tonk song, esp. a song in a style of country music associated with honky-tonk bars (see honky-tonk n. 2b). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > types of song > [noun] > other types of song roundelaya1475 black sanctus?1533 pastorella1597 orgial1610 balow1613 comic song1718 hunting-song1727 vaudeville1739 apopemptic1753 melologue1820 Orphic1855 wren song1855 air de cour1878 Kunstlied1880 action song1883 come-all-you1887 marching song1894 party song1911 theme song1929 honky-tonker1950 protest song1953 sing-along1959 slow jam1961 talking blues1969 rap1979 1950 Billboard 21 Jan. 36/2 As corny a honky-tonker as could be, it has a fascination that grows. 1957 Billboard 9 Sept. 62/2 Reviews of new C & W records... River of Tears... Attractive selling by Butler on a medium-beat honky-tonker with guitar and piano backing featured. 1981 Texas Monthly Dec. 238/2 The songs are all good two-steppin' honky-tonkers, if slow for the most part. 1984 J. Morthland Best of Country Music 194 ‘I'll Be There’ (1952) is an out-and-out honky-tonker that deals bluntly with failed love. 2010 Santa Fe New Mexican (Nexis) 19 Mar. pa20 My favorite songs are the more traditional honky-tonkers like ‘I've Done Everything I Could Do Wrong’, ‘You Cared Enough to Lie’, and ‘I'll Hold the Bottle, You Hold the Wheel’. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1910 |
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