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bar·rel·house  (brl-hous)

n.

1. A disreputable old-time saloon or bawdyhouse.

2. An early style of jazz characterized by boisterous piano playing, free group improvisation, and an accented two-beat rhythm.

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barrelhouse [ˈbærəlˌhaʊs]

n

1. US a cheap and disreputable drinking establishment

2. (Music)

a.  a vigorous and unpolished style of jazz for piano, originating in the barrelhouses of New Orleans

b.  (as modifier) barrelhouse blues

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

barrelhouse - a cheap drinking and dancing establishment honky-tonk bar, barroom, ginmill, saloon, taproom - a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter; "he drowned his sorrows in whiskey at the bar"