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honky-tonk

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
honky-tonk/ˈhɒŋkitɒŋk/

▶noun informal

1 chiefly N. Amer. a cheap or disreputable bar or club.

2 ragtime piano music.

– origin C19: of unknown origin.

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