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noun

Barroom n.

A room containing a bar or counter at which liquors are sold.

A commercial establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.

Synonyms: bar-room, bar, saloon, ginmill, taproom.

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Etymology of 'Barroom'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Barroom" Quotes from Famous Books

... was going on in the barroom when they entered, and O'Neil paused to watch it while Slater spoke to one of the players, a clean-cut, blond youth of whimsical countenance. When the two friends finally faced the bar ...

— The Iron Trail • Rex Beach

... an all-round, all-night man about town, a dare-devil and a spendthrift. His first encounter with Col. John W. Dade, of Virginia, used to be one of the standard local jokes. Colonel Dade was seated in the barroom of Brown's Hotel early one morning, waiting for someone to come in and invite him ...

— Marse Henry, Complete - An Autobiography • Henry Watterson

... stated the downright doctor. "It's a barroom murder and you cannot get around it; and I, for one, don't try. But now you're in for it, and you've got to go through ...

— Gold • Stewart White

... vain the hapless youth denies it; A barroom loafer testifies it. "Fine him," the court-house rabble shout (This is the latest jury out). So when his pocketbook is eased ...

— Eugene Field, A Study In Heredity And Contradictions - Vol. I • Slason Thompson

... level voice, and the Greek faced about like a man attacked. Monty had entered the barroom and stood listening with calm amusement, that for some strange reason exasperated the Greek less than our attitude had done, at least for the moment. When the first flush of surprise had died ...

— The Ivory Trail • Talbot Mundy

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