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 Tipsy Pickle space will offer indoor and outdoor bars on the main level, and a mezzanine level cocktail lounge — plus multiple event spaces. Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 15 Apr. 2024 In 2020, Thom Sweeney turned a four-story townhouse on Old Burlington Street into its new flagship, complete with a below-ground barbershop, a snooker table in the first-floor showroom, all of it crowned by a cocktail lounge dubbed Sol’s. Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 4 Mar. 2024 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

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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 26 Apr. 2024.

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