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saloon

[suh-loon] / səˈlun /


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Located on Main Street in an 1897 brick building, this inn, restaurant and saloon originally served as a boardinghouse for Homestake Gold Mine miners.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 25, 2026

How many times can England drink in the last chance saloon?

From BBC Jun. 24, 2026

But, just when it looked like the Iran match could be the last-chance saloon, Salah took matters into his hands to spark wild celebrations among Egypt fans across the world.

From BBC Jun. 22, 2026

Like Sweeney’s pop-up, this saloon isn’t totally for show — there are selected premixed cocktails available.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 27, 2026

Carpenter recruited his gang at the saloon, rowdies all.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

It was helped along by the expanding railroad system, which let the business boost distribution of its brandy to saloons, farms and cities across the country.

From The Wall Street Journal May 10, 2026

It was a roustabout settlement with three stores, a blacksmithy, a boarding house, a half-dozen saloons, gambling hells and dance halls.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 11, 2025

Essex Police said its stolen vehicle intelligence unit had dealt with hundreds of victims and everything from family saloons to supercars.

From BBC Aug. 27, 2023

In Russia, novelist Fyodor Dostoyevsky described the streets of St. Petersburg, the rundown quarters in which the poor were condemned to live, and the cheap saloons in which they sought relief.

From Textbooks Dec. 14, 2022

It was late, but a bone expert from Chicago had presented that night and they might still be carousing in the local saloons.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead




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