as in nightclub
a bar or restaurant offering special nighttime entertainment (as music, dancing, or comedy acts)
stopped at a roadhouse for some drinks and a little line dancing
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Recent Examples of roadhouse
But how many members who have lost their homes nearby will have to move elsewhere?
Professor Garroway and other congregants are trying to learn more about how the mural came to be painted, in a building that had been a roadhouse and a warehouse during the 1920's.
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Scott Simon, NPR, 25 Jan. 2025
Several other historic roadhouses across Alaska have been preserved and are open to visitors.
—Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Jan. 2025
Walker cradled his paramour, the actress Betty Compton, and hurriedly exited the roadhouse, stopping only to apologize privately for his abrupt departure to the bandleader Vincent Lopez.
—Sam Roberts, airmail.news, 12 Oct. 2024
Pappy + Harriet’s, a desert roadhouse that serves California-style tri-tip, has walls papered in yellowing photographs, Georgia O’Keeffe-esque paintings and concert posters.
—Freda Moon, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
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Scott Simon, NPR, 25 Jan. 2025
Several other historic roadhouses across Alaska have been preserved and are open to visitors.
—Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Jan. 2025
Walker cradled his paramour, the actress Betty Compton, and hurriedly exited the roadhouse, stopping only to apologize privately for his abrupt departure to the bandleader Vincent Lopez.
—Sam Roberts, airmail.news, 12 Oct. 2024
Pappy + Harriet’s, a desert roadhouse that serves California-style tri-tip, has walls papered in yellowing photographs, Georgia O’Keeffe-esque paintings and concert posters.
—Freda Moon, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for roadhouse
Noun
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Oh, and Charlotte finds her way back to a nightclub and hopefully some Long Island iced teas.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
15 Apr. 2025
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Based on the 2001 film by Baz Luhrmann, the jukebox musical takes its name from a famous French nightclub — founded in the 19th century and still open today — and follows a fictional romance between cabaret performer Satine and bohemian songwriter Christian.—
Emily McClanathan,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Apr. 2025
Noun
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As master of ceremonies at her Fool’s Moon cabaret, Puella displays the kind of unearned self-assurance that usually wins praise for men and scorn for women.—
Michael Snyder,
New York Times,
24 Mar. 2025
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As a cabaret singer, Mason has headlined at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, Birdland, 54 Below, Feinstein’s at the Regency, Rainbow and Stars, the Algonquin, the Plush Room in San Francisco and Davenport’s in Chicago, among many others.—
Jane Levere,
Forbes,
22 Mar. 2025
Noun
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In the trendy neighborhoods of Buenos Aires, cafes and clothing stores bustled as usual.—
Isabel Debre,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Apr. 2025
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In 2023, Bachelier opened a cafe and test kitchen space along Highway 101 in Leucadia that somewhat accidentally became a blockbuster restaurant, though its immediate success was slightly improbable but not at all surprising given the collective talent.—
Candice Woo,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Along with the in-home creature comforts, Ocean House has its own club with a lounge and infinity pool.—
Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
10 Apr. 2025
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Baseball bats used to have more heft as a rule; Babe Ruth swung clubs perhaps 50 percent heavier than today’s.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
10 Apr. 2025
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“Roadhouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roadhouse. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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