honky-tonk
Example Sentences
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Britain’s long war, meeting the Mets, a honky-tonk bard and more.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026
This year, the venture expanded with a new location five times the size of the original in the heart of American honky-tonk: Nashville.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025
You won't find him on Broadway or in the city's famous honky-tonk music bars.
From BBC • Oct. 18, 2025
The Texas borderland band delves further into the música Mexicana genre this time, experimenting with tribal, corridos tumbados, sad sirreño and a bit of southern honky-tonk.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2024
Inside were tall French doors and Persian carpets and a huge grand piano that would practically dance when Grandma played her honky-tonk music.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
