Thesaurus results for CLIP JOINT

clip joint

noun

Definition of clip joint

slang

as in key club

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Recent Examples of clip joint While not all clip joints offer refreshments, a fair number find this is a popular extra in a competitive industry. — Peter Rowe, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Feb. 2024

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Noun

Old photos of Manchester United’s history fill the walls of the Old Nag’s Head public house in the city centre and many feature the club’s illustrious European history.

— Andy Mitten, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026
Listen to Live Music Cedar Mountain Outpost is a little bit of everything—deli, wine shop, public house, and live music venue, improbably set within a gas station.

— Belinda Luksic, Southern Living, 1 May 2026

Definition of public house

Noun

That would change within days of Congress passing the budget, when an executive pledged $750 to Wilson’s campaign at a fundraiser held at Bullfeathers, a Capitol Hill watering hole for lobbyists and Hill staffers, emails show.

— Molly Redden, ProPublica, 20 Oct. 2026
Now’s an especially good time to go, with Bobbi’s Bar—the new hotel’s late-night watering hole—hosting Il Pellicano for perhaps the chicest hospitality residency of Frieze week.

— Mahoro Seward, Vogue, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of watering hole

Noun

Couples will find plenty to appeal—especially cocktails at the speakeasy 80 Proof, an elegant steak dinner at Steadfire, and evening stargazing with wine and charcuterie.

— Lindsay Cohn, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2026
The backstory Everything started in Paris back in 2007 with the Experimental Cocktail Club, a speakeasy-style bar inspired by the craft cocktail revivals happening in New York City and London.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of speakeasy

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At its birth in 1907 in the basement of a Seattle saloon, there was nothing promising about the American Messenger Company.

— Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business Review, 20 Oct. 2026
The 18-year-old female elephant got loose from her handler outside her enclosure, then went on the run, demolishing the door of a saloon on North Avenue, smashing in the window of another and walking through the fence around a vacant lot.

— Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of saloon

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Miami Dolphins head coach Jeff Hafley is, and did, putting Sunday’s 28-25 win over the New York Jets on the shoulders of his offensive line, which paved the way for quarterback Malik Willis to convert a first down on a tush push quarterback dive.

— Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 25 Oct. 2026
This can instantly pressurize individual shock absorbers to counteract body roll, front-to-rear acceleration pitch and hard-braking dive.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of dive

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What to do nearby A stone’s throw away is the Water Street Market, a complex of shops that includes an antiques mall, the Grazery café, and a neighborhood tavern called Parish.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Oct. 2026
The restaurant carries the fantasy theme into its food and atmosphere, designed to feel like a tavern straight out of a Dungeons & Dragons campaign.

— Beret Leone, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of tavern

Noun

For beer, Rochester brewed a variety of cold ones, like English pub ales, Mexican-style lagers, IPAs and stouts.

— Katelyn Umholtz, Kansas City Star, 20 Oct. 2026
Meghan, on the other hand, has kept a relatively low profile since the move, only stepping out with Harry once for a dinner date at a local pub on October 1.

— Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of pub

Noun

Then, the scene went dark as a Wanted poster of Shaboozey was slapped down on the barroom’s table.

— Preezy Brown, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2026
The barroom gives way to the Boom Boom room (for bands), which leads to the patio, all designed for mobs of undergrads who want cheap drinks and a place to hang.

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of barroom

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