: a room or establishment whose main feature is a bar for the sale of liquor : bar entry 1 sense 5b
a barroom brawl
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a barroom long popular with working folks looking for a place to unwind at the end of the day
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The details: The new building is set to relocate the existing O'Brien's Pub, the 75-person barroom venue that absorbed some of the Allston rock scene when the original Great Scott closed in 2020.
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Mike Deehan, Axios, 30 Jan. 2025
The design—from dots’ musty, mystical barroom set to James Ortiz’s menagerie of puppets—is a delight, and Malloy’s lyrics are as funny and finely pointed as his music is fractal-like.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 23 June 2024
World & Nation Profile : Le Pen: Dark Side of the French Soul : Crude, powerful and dangerous, the onetime barroom brawler with the mesmerizing oratory has built a career on hatred.
—Thomas Adamson, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025
Jessica Nicholson: This song blends a weekend barroom party groove, with lyrics steeped in laidback, workweek escapism, all rolled into one.
—Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 27 Nov. 2024
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Mike Deehan, Axios, 30 Jan. 2025
The design—from dots’ musty, mystical barroom set to James Ortiz’s menagerie of puppets—is a delight, and Malloy’s lyrics are as funny and finely pointed as his music is fractal-like.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 23 June 2024
World & Nation Profile : Le Pen: Dark Side of the French Soul : Crude, powerful and dangerous, the onetime barroom brawler with the mesmerizing oratory has built a career on hatred.
—Thomas Adamson, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025
Jessica Nicholson: This song blends a weekend barroom party groove, with lyrics steeped in laidback, workweek escapism, all rolled into one.
—Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 27 Nov. 2024
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“Barroom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/barroom. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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barroom
noun
bar·room
ˈbär-ˌrüm 
-ˌru̇m
: a place of business for the sale of alcoholic drinks
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