clip joint

slang

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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
  • This fall, beer in hand, patrons at some of Sacramento’s finest public houses might legally wander out the front door and onto the city’s streets and plazas, moving freely between outdoor festivals and indoor hospitality.
    Annika Merrilees, Sacbee.com, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Staying only in inns and public houses served both of these goals.
    Rachel Bernstein, JSTOR Daily, 18 Apr. 2018
Noun
  • As Hackers Attack — Here’s How Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Clues And Answers For Monday, May 19 Speaking of old-timers, just a half-mile down the boulevard stands the century-old watering hole Musso & Frank Grill, a magnet for true celluloid royalty like Chaplin and Sinatra, Bogart and Garbo.
    David Weiss, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
  • The Desert Bar, snuggled in a remote corner of western Arizona, isn’t your average watering hole.
    Tiffany Acosta, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Our downstairs speakeasy is open Wednesday to Saturday and features specialty cocktails in a vintage 1920s setting, fully decorated with antiques from the Brimfield market.
    Shivani Vora, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
  • Emily looks like an extremely bisexual speakeasy bartender in her little suspenders and trilby hat.
    Emma Specter, Vogue, 2 May 2025
Noun
  • Pendergast thrived in business, expanding his real estate holdings and opening new establishments, including a saloon at Fifth and Main streets.
    Michael Wells, Kansas City Star, 18 May 2025
  • Nation was known throughout the Midwest for her assault on saloons and bars with her hatchet.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 10 May 2025
Noun
  • Karl Lagerfeld has landed in Seoul for a pop-up on Friday that promises an immersive dive into the late couturier’s world.
    Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 16 May 2025
  • Kornet’s dive out of bounds — as well as Brown’s — created an energy in the third quarter that even got Horford to take it to the next level.
    Jared Weiss, New York Times, 15 May 2025
Noun
  • Cardboard cutouts of stars like Jalen Brunson and Karl-Anthony Towns overlook the bar as the two-decade-old establishment gets ready to host a crowd that will push the three-story pub to its maximum capacity of about 700.
    Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 21 May 2025
  • Sheriff’s officials said the victim — who has yet to be identified by the Sacramento County Coroner’s Office — was not affiliated with the pub or any nearby businesses and was not a customer at the time of the attack.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 20 May 2025
Noun
  • The regular inspections include restaurants, taverns, grocery stores, meat markets and bakeries.
    Ashley Fredde, Idaho Statesman, 13 May 2025
  • What local tavern did Babe Ruth go to for a hot dog and beer between games of Sox-Yankees doubleheaders at Comiskey Park? 10.
    Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2025
Noun
  • That barroom style played right into the music surrounding Betty Boop.
    Devon Ivie, Vulture, 29 Apr. 2025
  • The former Aliso Viejo High School student, now an Irvine resident, became a prominent Southern California restaurateur after earning her stripes in the barroom trenches.
    Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 23 Apr. 2025

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“Clip joint.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clip%20joint. Accessed 25 May. 2025.

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