barrelhouse
barrelhouse
Definition
☆ barrel·house (--ho̵us′)
noun
- a small, cheap old-time saloon with a row of racked barrels along the wall
- a raucous, driving, unsophisticated style of playing jazz
barrelhouse
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- piano: Later the city served as an incubator for rhythm and blues, a style which married Dixieland jazz and the barrelhouse blues piano tradition.
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