cocktail lounge
noun
: a public room (as in a hotel, club, or restaurant) where cocktails and other drinks are served
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Their Parisian cocktail lounge Pour Vous had burlesque dancers.
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Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2023
The first floor holds all the entertainment spaces, including a media center, a dining room, a cocktail lounge, and an open-plan family kitchen that’s decked out with a 108-bottle wine cabinet to store your vintages.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 7 Nov. 2023
Life House Palm Springs is a stunning 66-key desert hotel, opening its doors on Nov. 2, with a pool, cocktail lounge, and a cactus garden with fire pits.
—Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 31 Oct. 2023
The elegant ship was once a city at sea, with five dining areas, cocktail lounges, swimming pools, beauty salons, a music studio, and a grand ballroom.
—Catherine Garcia, The Week, 3 Sep. 2023
Sal and David also own The Sofie cocktail lounge next door, located in the lower level of 777 N. Jefferson Street.
—Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 9 June 2023
Through careful detective work, Bennett identifies the first poetry slam — held at the Green Mill cocktail lounge on July 20, 1986 — by the experimental artist and poet Marc Smith.
—BostonGlobe.com, 6 Apr. 2023
The cocktail lounge offers a much different experience from the rest of the area’s watering holes.
—Eric Twardzik, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Mar. 2023
Darling lives in the penthouse, complete with a cocktail lounge, living room, a walk-in Barbie closet, guest room, bedroom, and bathroom.
—Sarah Spellings, Vogue, 18 July 2023
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Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2023
The first floor holds all the entertainment spaces, including a media center, a dining room, a cocktail lounge, and an open-plan family kitchen that’s decked out with a 108-bottle wine cabinet to store your vintages.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 7 Nov. 2023
Life House Palm Springs is a stunning 66-key desert hotel, opening its doors on Nov. 2, with a pool, cocktail lounge, and a cactus garden with fire pits.
—Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 31 Oct. 2023
The elegant ship was once a city at sea, with five dining areas, cocktail lounges, swimming pools, beauty salons, a music studio, and a grand ballroom.
—Catherine Garcia, The Week, 3 Sep. 2023
Sal and David also own The Sofie cocktail lounge next door, located in the lower level of 777 N. Jefferson Street.
—Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 9 June 2023
Through careful detective work, Bennett identifies the first poetry slam — held at the Green Mill cocktail lounge on July 20, 1986 — by the experimental artist and poet Marc Smith.
—BostonGlobe.com, 6 Apr. 2023
The cocktail lounge offers a much different experience from the rest of the area’s watering holes.
—Eric Twardzik, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Mar. 2023
Darling lives in the penthouse, complete with a cocktail lounge, living room, a walk-in Barbie closet, guest room, bedroom, and bathroom.
—Sarah Spellings, Vogue, 18 July 2023
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First Known Use
1934, in the meaning defined above
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“Cocktail lounge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cocktail%20lounge. Accessed 5 Dec. 2023.
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