saloons

noun

plural of saloon
as in taverns
a place of business where alcoholic beverages are sold to be consumed on the premises cowboys drinking in the saloon after their work was done for the day

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Recent Examples of saloons Soon after, the area became a hub with saloons, butchers, bakeries and department stores. — Everett Eaton, jsonline.com, 13 Feb. 2026 Beyond the cattle drives, the Stockyards are home to rodeos, Western saloons and live music venues. — Taylor Haught, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Mar. 2026 Caviar used to be given away in 19th century saloons to encourage drinking. — Chad Murphy, Cincinnati Enquirer, 10 Feb. 2026 While here, visitors can still see its multiple saloons, general store, and boarding house, among other buildings. — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 23 May 2026 San Francisco was transformed almost overnight, from a quiet port into a chaotic boomtown packed with tents, saloons, stores and speculation. — Andre Byik, USA Today, 29 June 2026 The triple-digit summer heat literally drove many of them underground, a maze of shops, living quarters, Buddhist temples, saloons and gambling halls. — Joe Yogerst, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026 By 1884, a map of the Central Business District shows hotels, saloons, dry goods shops, cigar manufacturers, and stores selling everything from shoes, to jewelry and even a winemaker. — Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 July 2026 Until the mid-1950s, most were old-fashioned four-door saloons, but the TD21 changed all that—as did its TE21 and TF21 successors. — Robert Ross, Robb Report, 30 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for saloons
  1. taverns
  2. pubs
  3. nightclubs
  4. bars
Noun
  • Widely regarded as the country's culinary capital—a remarkable distinction in a nation renowned for its gastronomy—the city has earned a reputation for its traditional bouchons (taverns), bustling food halls, and world-class restaurants.
    — Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 4 July 2026
  • During his lifetime, Woody Guthrie saw America at ground level, riding boxcars, singing in taverns and on street corners, and even living for a time in a California migrant camp.
    — Steve Appleford, Rolling Stone, 4 July 2026
Definition of taverns
Noun
  • Reporter Stephanie Breijo and senior food editor Danielle Dorsey wrote about their 15 favorite London pubs, food halls and bake shops.
    — Laurie Ochoa, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026
  • The Cotswolds England's golden countryside is at its most inviting in autumn, when the pubs light their fires and the weather is right for layering without summer's heat or winter's bite.
    — Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
Definition of pubs
Noun
  • Up until his first day of filming Jackass, Steve-O was a clown in nightclubs, cruise ships and at a flea-market circus.
    — Yamillah Hurtado, PEOPLE, 23 June 2026
  • But downtown Sunnyvale really comes alive once the sun begins to set, with a vast array of bars, nightclubs and late-night dining peppered throughout the city’s streets.
    — Molly Gibbs, Mercury News, 23 June 2026
Definition of nightclubs
Noun
  • When World Cup season descends upon soccer-mad Brazil, green and yellow banners decorate restaurants, bars and apartment buildings, streets are painted with flags and soccer balls, and discussions of the beloved national team's games are ubiquitous.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 July 2026
  • The dynamic duo of Jonda Valentine, an artist and daughter of a Pentecostal preacher, and her longtime friend Christa Suppan, who started as a bartender when Lipstick first opened, share co-ownership of the two bars.
    — Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 July 2026
Definition of bars

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