clip joint

slang

Example Sentences

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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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clip joint
Noun
  • The Lone Goat This English pub, which draws inspiration from public houses and taverns of London, is on the ground floor of the historic Metropolitan Building in downtown Detroit.
    Susan Selasky, Freep.com, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Dave Cunningham, who opened the Comet, a Gen-X-era public house that helped spark a renaissance in Cincinnati's Northside neighborhood, died suddenly at his home on Tuesday.
    Keith Pandolfi, Cincinnati Enquirer, 24 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • This is the oldest bar in the city and was once the watering hole for the founding fathers, including George Washington.
    Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 18 Oct. 2025
  • On a brisk February evening in 2006, around a hundred people gathered in the venerable Koreatown watering hole HMS Bounty to pay their last respects to Los Angeles’ historic Ambassador Hotel.
    Michael Schneider, Variety, 12 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Backstage Lounge is a speakeasy best known for its craft cocktails and kitschy pop-ups like its Christmas in July event.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The venue’s intimacy, coupled with a more informal, speakeasy vibe, permeated an award ceremony that was notable for its moments of laughter and easy congeniality.
    Leila Cobo, Billboard, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The Golden Bear-winning film became a significant event title across the UK, with Diop, Ampadu, and their collaborators hosting intimate saloon-type screenings where students, artists, and academics discussed the philosophically rich film.
    Zac Ntim, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2025
  • On the other side of the kitchen is the saloon, the only space on the ship large enough for group meals or socialising.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Bar Tab Taran Dugal checks out a brand-new Bushwick dive.
    Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The Leymebamba Museum offers a captivating dive into the country’s ancient past.
    Jen Richt, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Other changes include expansions of popular venues, like Love by Britto and the Irish pub O’Malley’s.
    Eve Chen, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Ironically, within two days, one of the stormtroopers would go down to the pub during lunchtime, and there’d be tabloid people offering five or 10 pounds for any news.
    Clayton Davis, Variety, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • At every small-town tavern and barbershop.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Your Office replaced My Office tavern, which operated for decades before closing in 2020.
    Tom Daykin, jsonline.com, 13 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • These movies—including the seven-hour-long Sátántangó, a centerpiece of which is a shambling dance in a barroom—often swap the meandering sentence for a single camera shot that lasts 10 minutes or more.
    Walt Hunter, The Atlantic, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Miller also features a few of Scorsese’s childhood friends who, in addition to the standard one-on-one interviews, gather around a barroom table to reminisce with Scorsese and, later on, De Niro.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 4 Oct. 2025

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“Clip joint.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clip%20joint. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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