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A honky-tonk (also called honkatonk, honkey-tonk, honky tonk, or tonk) is both a bar that provides country music for the entertainment of its patrons and the style of music played in such establishments.
The meaning of HONKY-TONK is a usually tawdry nightclub or dance hall; especially : one that features country music.
If you weren’t born and raised in a musical hotbed like Nashville, Luckenbach, or Bakersfield, “honky-tonk” can be a head-scratcher. To complicate matters, it has two different definitions. The word as we know it today is used most often to describe a bar in which country music is played.
Dec 8, 2023 · honky-tonk, "cheap night club," 1924, earlier honk-a-tonk (1894), of unknown origin. As a type of music played in that sort of low saloon, it is attested from 1933. Wikipedia adds: The origin of the term honky tonk is unknown.
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There are five meanings listed in OED's entry for the word honky-tonk. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. honky-tonk has developed meanings and uses in subjects including. popular music (1880s) jazz (1920s) music (1930s) See meaning & use.