barroom

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English

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Etymology

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From bar +‎ room.

Pronunciation

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  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -uːm

Noun

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barroom (plural barrooms)

  1. (Canada, US) A room where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
    Synonym: taproom
    • 1969, Georges Perec, translated by Gilbert Adair, A Void:
      Sporting a woolly cardigan with four buttons on top of an Oxford smock without a collar, our man has a faintly folksy look about him, calling to mind a zingaro or a gypsy, a carny or a Mongol, but also (switching to a wholly distinct mythology and iconography) a hippy strumming his guitar in a barroom in Haight-Ashbury or at Big Sur or in Katmandu.

Usage notes

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In the US, the terms barroom and bar room are uncommon, eschewed in favor of bar.

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