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
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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
  • However, these Southern watering holes hold that something special that keeps people coming back for more.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Bacon takes his time getting to the fateful voyage; there are myriad sidebars of varying interest on topics such as Great Lakes shipping and the rise of taconite, two lake wrecks that foreshadowed the Fitz, even the sailors’ favorite watering holes.
    Kevin Duchschere, Boston Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Taking place in 1962, nearly three decades before 2017's It, the show's tension centers around the historical burning of a speakeasy that catered to Black patrons by a group of white supremacists.
    EW Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Oct. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • In the nearly six decades since, the full-size saloon has served as the automaker’s flagship vehicle in its home country, used by the likes of the emperor, prime minister, and other powerful figures.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 30 Oct. 2025
  • The Parisian saloon – which is known for hosting variety shows featuring mostly nude female dancers – opened in the '50s and has since welcomed a number of entertainment industry titans, including Kim Kardashian and Pamela Anderson.
    Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • This low-rise district is chock-full of dive bars, food trucks, yoga studios, tattoo parlors and clubs.
    Kathryn Streeter, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
  • The company claimed that the trial proved the Tiqker’s ability to operate reliably during multiple dives, proving its ability to work in real-world defense environments.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Go ice skating, indulge in a fluffy waffle, and then retire to a table at Elfde Gebod, a traditional pub where hundreds of statues of the Virgin Mary gaze down on the drinkers.
    Sophie Friedman, AFAR Media, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Most patrons choose to accompany the greasy order with a cold pint at the Irish-style pub.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 27 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The tavern moved into its current spot in July 2021, after closing its location in Atherton Mill that February to make way for BOCADO Bar + Diner.
    Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Moran shared his business plans for the gaming tavern, and their ideas merged to form Mana Tap.
    Bridget Fogarty, jsonline.com, 30 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 3 Nov. 2025.

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