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
  • 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
  • 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
  • At night, as the temperature cools, Dahlia’s warms up into a joyous watering hole for locals and visitors alike, with the quieter overflow lounging in the secondary Moss Bar next door, which takes on a more masculine energy with its green walls and taxidermy decor.
    Elise Taylor, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Kendra, a cook who returns home to the DC area to open a supper club with speakeasy vibes.
    Lynnette Nicholas, Essence, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Evans later worked as an executive chef at 3rd & Fernwood’s speakeasy, The Cocktail Lounge at 3rd and helped open Uptown Yolk.
    Shindy Chen, Charlotte Observer, 9 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • There is, however, such a reality as too much of a good thing, even for those who imbibe in the saloon of others’ misfortune.
    Blake Toppmeyer, USA TODAY, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Like a gambler in an old timey saloon, Costner dropped keys to that estate into the poker pot that was becoming Horizon’s financing.
    Peter Kiefer, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • That's what is an arbiter, success and, as an Olympic diving judge would tell you, the degree of difficulty of the dive.
    Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
  • To put things into some perspective, Chelsea rank highest in the Premier League for yellow cards for dissent/arguments and dives since the 2022-23 season.
    Simon Johnson, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
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
  • Though the pub's menu has skewed heavier on pizza over time under different owners, the Scotch eggs have remained a staple for 35 years.
    Bradley Hohulin, IndyStar, 6 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The tavern quickly became a favorite meeting spot for the Founding Fathers.
    Victoria Flexner, The Atlantic, 9 Oct. 2025
  • One of my favorites is at Pezoulas, a fish tavern once popular with performers and musicians that opened in the 1950s, with a tranquil outdoor patio reminiscent of a plateia on a Greek island.
    Katherine Whittaker, Saveur, 9 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
  • The bar’s mascot, Wakeman’s 5-year-old Shar Pei, Wrigley, whiled away the afternoon, roaming from cool spot to cool spot on the barroom’s floor.
    Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 26 Sep. 2025

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“Clip joint.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clip%20joint. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.

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