honky-tonk
Example Sentences
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At least on weekends, however, the audience doesn’t look all that different from one honky-tonk to the next; West Village Girls and Wall Street guys abound.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025
Her band, CC and the Boys, has also played at Lucinda’s and nearly every other honky-tonk in town.
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
Jenny’s place would still jangle with honky-tonk and rock with belching laughter.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
