barrelhouse

bar·rel·house

(băr′əl-hous′)

1. A disreputable old-time saloon or house of prostitution.

2. An early style of jazz characterized by boisterous piano playing, group improvisation, and a two-beat rhythm.

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barrelhouse

(ˈbærəlˌhaʊs)

1. US a cheap and disreputable drinking establishment

2. (Jazz)

a. a vigorous and unpolished style of jazz for piano, originating in the barrelhouses of New Orleans

b. (as modifier): barrelhouse blues.

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bar•rel•house

(ˈbær əlˌhaʊs)

n., pl. -hous•es (-ˌhaʊ zɪz)
for 1.

1. a cheap saloon.

2. a style of jazz originating in the barrelhouses of New Orleans in the early 20th century.

[1880–85, Amer.]

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