juke jointnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈdʒuːk dʒɔɪnt/us/ˈdʒuːk dʒɔɪnt/US informala place where people can dance to music, drink alcohol, and gamble (= play games to win money), especially one run by and for African Americans in the southern US
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Public entertainment venues
- auditorium
- bandstand
- bar
- boozer
- brewpub
- drive-in
- fleshpot
- flick
- free house
- gastropub
- honky-tonk
- nineteenth
- palace
- pavilion
- picture
- playhouse
- pub
- public bar
- public house
- saloon
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