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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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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