barrelhouse

bar·rel·house

B0088700 (băr′əl-hous′)n.1. A disreputable old-time saloon or house of prostitution.2. An early style of jazz characterized by boisterous piano playing, group improvisation, and a two-beat rhythm.

barrelhouse

(ˈbærəlˌhaʊs) n1. US a cheap and disreputable drinking establishment2. (Jazz) a. a vigorous and unpolished style of jazz for piano, originating in the barrelhouses of New Orleansb. (as modifier): barrelhouse blues.

bar•rel•house

(ˈbær əlˌhaʊs)

n., pl. -hous•es (-ˌhaʊ zɪz)
for 1. 1. a cheap saloon. 2. a style of jazz originating in the barrelhouses of New Orleans in the early 20th century. [1880–85, Amer.]

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barrelhouse - a cheap drinking and dancing establishmenthonky-tonkbar, barroom, ginmill, saloon, taproom - a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter; "he drowned his sorrows in whiskey at the bar"