Definition of roadhouse
: an inn or tavern usually outside city limits providing liquor and usually meals, dancing, and often gambling
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Examples of roadhouse in a Sentence
stopped at a roadhouse for some drinks and a little line dancing
Recent Examples of roadhouse from the Web
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For a brief moment in the first of two concerts Thursday at Thalia Hall, Price transformed the 19th Century Chicago landmark into a Texas roadhouse.
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The previous week, in an attempt to integrate the notorious Choptank Inn near Cambridge, a member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee had been pulled inside the roadhouse and beaten to a pulp.
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The days when mechanized road warriors could rob roadhouses in desolate parts of the city with little fear of being caught were over.
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The Hotel Vegas looks the part of a derelict roadhouse, and Charles' demure but hard-bitten cosmic county fit right in with the scene.
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Since 1850, the bar now known as Slippery Noodle Inn - Indiana's oldest continuously operating bar - has been a roadhouse, a brothel, a station on the Underground Railroad and a hangout for gangster John Dillinger.
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With a sports bar/Texas roadhouse feel, the menu is a mix, from barbecue to quesadillas and cocktails.
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For some readers, any breakfast spot, hotcake house or burger joint with a roadhouse vibe both qualified and represented a crime for not being included.
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Image The Palms is a roadhouse with a vibrant music scene — there are stages both indoors and out.
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First Known Use of roadhouse
1857
ROADHOUSE Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of roadhouse for English Language Learners
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: a restaurant or bar that is on a main road outside a city or town
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