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barrelhouse Definition

☆ barrel·house (--ho̵us′)

noun

  1. a small, cheap old-time saloon with a row of racked barrels along the wall
  2. 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.