boîtes

plural of boîte
as in cabarets
a bar or restaurant offering special nighttime entertainment (as music, dancing, or comedy acts) a funky boîte on Paris's Left Bank that offers hot jazz to a self-consciously cool crowd

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Noun
  • Salon Toulouse, the ship's main lounge and bar, inspired by vintage Parisian cabarets and complete with deep red velvet armchairs, was Joie de Vivre's main social hub for sundowners and digestifs.
    Chrissie McClatchie, Travel + Leisure, 31 May 2026
  • The newest chapter is Velvet Night 76—my personal obsession—inspired by Parisian cabarets.
    Shivani Vora, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Up until his first day of filming Jackass, Steve-O was a clown in nightclubs, cruise ships and at a flea-market circus.
    Yamillah Hurtado, PEOPLE, 23 June 2026
  • But downtown Sunnyvale really comes alive once the sun begins to set, with a vast array of bars, nightclubs and late-night dining peppered throughout the city’s streets.
    Molly Gibbs, Mercury News, 23 June 2026
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“Boîtes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bo%C3%AEtes. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.

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