1
: a room in which bookmaking is carried on
2
: a room for the playing of pool
Examples of poolroom in a Sentence
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A few days before the crime spree, the two men got together at a poolroom at 22nd and Mission.
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Gary Kamiya, SFChronicle.com, 10 July 2020
In short order, so were art museums and libraries, cabarets, poolrooms and bowling alleys.
—cleveland, 24 Mar. 2020
The poolrooms, flophouses, bars, cheap restaurants, wine stores and missions remained, but their customers, and the atmosphere on the street, had changed for the worse.
—Gary Kamiya, SFChronicle.com, 10 Aug. 2019
Recreation areas such as bowling alleys, skating rinks and poolrooms were closed.
—Dawn Mitchell, Indianapolis Star, 31 Jan. 2018
Files also show the building served as an A&P food store and Louis J. Wahl Hardware in the 1920s, a poolroom in the 1930s, an apartment in the 1940s and a restaurant in the 1960s.
—Liz Biro, Indianapolis Star, 21 Feb. 2018
The difference, of course, is that many of the latter took meetings with every poolroom liar and state house grifter in the state of Arkansas.
—Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 10 July 2017
The late Christopher Hitchens fell for every poolroom liar in Arkansas, and, as demonstrated by his most recent effort, Andrew Sullivan is still completely bananas on the subject.)
—Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 18 Apr. 2017
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Gary Kamiya, SFChronicle.com, 10 July 2020
In short order, so were art museums and libraries, cabarets, poolrooms and bowling alleys.
—cleveland, 24 Mar. 2020
The poolrooms, flophouses, bars, cheap restaurants, wine stores and missions remained, but their customers, and the atmosphere on the street, had changed for the worse.
—Gary Kamiya, SFChronicle.com, 10 Aug. 2019
Recreation areas such as bowling alleys, skating rinks and poolrooms were closed.
—Dawn Mitchell, Indianapolis Star, 31 Jan. 2018
Files also show the building served as an A&P food store and Louis J. Wahl Hardware in the 1920s, a poolroom in the 1930s, an apartment in the 1940s and a restaurant in the 1960s.
—Liz Biro, Indianapolis Star, 21 Feb. 2018
The difference, of course, is that many of the latter took meetings with every poolroom liar and state house grifter in the state of Arkansas.
—Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 10 July 2017
The late Christopher Hitchens fell for every poolroom liar in Arkansas, and, as demonstrated by his most recent effort, Andrew Sullivan is still completely bananas on the subject.)
—Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 18 Apr. 2017
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“Poolroom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/poolroom. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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