cocktail lounge

noun

: a public room (as in a hotel, club, or restaurant) where cocktails and other drinks are served

Examples of cocktail lounge in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The space will offer indoor and outdoor bars on the main level, and a mezzanine level cocktail lounge. Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 20 Feb. 2024 The Dewberry; the property’s rooftop cocktail lounge Citrus Club is the highest in the city. Juliet Izon, Glamour, 20 Feb. 2024 The food hall will include a cocktail lounge with outdoor space, a semi-private space that can be reserved and an indoor-outdoor bar. Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 16 Feb. 2024 Don’t be fooled by its appearance from the outside, as the coffee shop is a front for the speakeasy-style cocktail lounge at the back (although the coffee here is excellent too!). Isabelle Kliger, Vogue, 11 Jan. 2024 This new cocktail lounge is coming to the Discourse Coffee space, which will transform into a nighttime spot on the weekends where customers can order both alcoholic and nonalcoholic cocktails. Jordyn Noennig, Journal Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2024 The tequila is available in four varieties — Blanco, Reposado, Añejo and Eight Reserve by 818— and is sold at restaurants and bars nationwide, even at 818 Shack, an open-air cocktail lounge at SLS Baha Mar in the Bahamas. Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 5 Mar. 2024 The Dewberry is a stalwart character in Charleston, not only housing 154 guest rooms and suites, but also a spa, rooftop cocktail lounge, swanky ground-floor bar, and a shopping experience from Garden & Gun. Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 27 Feb. 2024 The downstairs cocktail lounge is called The Hereafter. 6. The Courier-Journal, 22 Jan. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1934, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of cocktail lounge was in 1934

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“Cocktail lounge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cocktail%20lounge. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.

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