roadhouses

Definition of roadhousesnext
plural of roadhouse
as in nightclubs
a bar or restaurant offering special nighttime entertainment (as music, dancing, or comedy acts) stopped at a roadhouse for some drinks and a little line dancing

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Noun
  • Grutman is best known as the owner of the LIV nightclubs and the Komodo restaurants.
    Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 6 Apr. 2026
  • In the ’90s, the peninsula was taken over by a string of summer-only nightclubs, with little regard for the natural surroundings or the ancient cemetery buried in the pine forest.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • As early as 1888, Kansas City was reported to have a hundred mandolin clubs, and, by the turn of the century, all the major East Coast cities had mandolin orchestras.
    Tim Parks, New Yorker, 11 Apr. 2026
  • In exchange for membership in those clubs, students are given free access to Claude Code.
    Lila Shroff, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The newest chapter is Velvet Night 76—my personal obsession—inspired by Parisian cabarets.
    Shivani Vora, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
  • As revolutionary unrest intensified and the Pahlavi regime imposed martial law and closed cabarets and theaters in an attempt to appease conservatives, her sources of income vanished.
    Richard Nedjat-Haiem, The Conversation, 15 Jan. 2026
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“Roadhouses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roadhouses. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.

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